Jonathan Swift Quotes
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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It gets very tiring when you are filming and then taken to a room to do school work. I never get any rest time. It is either work or school. Once you are an adult, you get to take a nap in between shots.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
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My life is my message.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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I write about true-life type things.
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I first learned how to do hair from drag queens. I learned eyelashes are the key to life, because they make everyone look fabulous.
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
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Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction.
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Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.
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Thank God I'm with the love of my life. That's why I know I'm right where I'm supposed to be.
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They assembled from all sides, one after another, with arms and horses and all the panoply of war.
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In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.
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Being constantly surprised about what nature can create, that inspires me beyond belief.
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Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature.
