Jonathan Swift Quotes
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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As a kid, my parents had the typical stuff going on in the home, like Bee Gees, The Carpenters. Then I got exposed to what my brothers were listening to: a lot of classic rock, Led Zeppelin. It was around the mid-'80s when the whole Electro-Techno-Pop-House music thing started happening in Chicago.
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Cryptocurrencies in general give us a stable medium through which we can communicate our information about values and prices in a way that no government mandarin can distort or usurp. For the predators who have used our central institutions to predate on the rest of humanity, it's a very bad development.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions.
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I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show.
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Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
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I don't look for anybody to pay for health care for me and my family. That's my responsibility.
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When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.
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Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.
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Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, doing a job. By and large, they're trying to do it as well as they can. Or at least as often as people in the private sector try to do as well as they can.
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There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.
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My life is one demd horrid grind.
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When we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.
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The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
