Jonathan Swift Quotes
Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.
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Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.
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For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.
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I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.
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Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.
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People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes.
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You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.
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I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy.
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It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm the older guy, I've influenced generations of guitar players.
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Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the great legal questions which may arise under the Constitution, the laws, or the treaties of the United States.
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When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be.
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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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Midori has been a steadfast supporter of the United Nations, as a Messenger of Peace and more recently by encouraging our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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It's OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them to catch up. But as the leader, we want to keep setting a very, very high standard. We don't want them to catch up because we're slowing down or, even worse, going into reverse.
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Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
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I would love to debate any politician in any western state on the question of whether the rule of law ought to be respected in a world where even the most "respectable" governments establish intelligence agencies that routinely violate those laws at taxpayer expense and at no real penalty to anyone involved.
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It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.
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When I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !
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Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.
