Jonathan Swift Quotes
When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.
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I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to get you to a breaking point, where you realize that you can't go on this way anymore, that the reason you're heavy is because you're ignoring all the stuff that's going on inside.
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Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the other one is.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
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When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
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No man can stand still; the moment progress is not made, retrogression begins. If the blade is not kept sharp and bright, the law of rust will assert its claim.
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If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.
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The days of the future stand in front of us Like a line of candles all alight Golden and warm and lively little candles.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.
