Jonathan Swift Quotes
Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline.Jonathan Swift
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Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
Dan Bartlett -
The wonderful thing about modern medicine is that so many of these complaints that used to signify old age and decline can be coped with.
Ian Mckellen -
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
Yael Stone -
I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
Zach Galifianakis -
It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
Calvin Klein -
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
N. T. Wright
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
Wendell Phillips -
It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
Saadi -
Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
Oliver Tambo -
At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.
Walter Pater -
I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
Jack Kevorkian
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
Samuel Johnson -
I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
Idris Elba -
I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.
Fiona Apple -
Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them.
Damien Chazelle -
On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
Gary Larson -
I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
Yogi Berra
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IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.
Joseph Lancaster -
That's pretty much who I am. I like to get riled up. I feel like it brings the best out of me and the other guys.
Malik Jackson -
I would never go travelling on my own. Some people like to go backpacking alone, but there's no way I would do that, even if you paid me - I just don't see the point. If I discover something beautiful, for me it's very important to be able to share it with someone and not just see it for myself.
Olga Kurylenko -
I like to say, and I truly believe, that every run brings new experiences. You just don't know what they might be until you actually do the run. That's one of my major reasons for pushing out the front door as often as I do-the adventure of it all.
Amby Burfoot -
Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline.
Jonathan Swift