Jonathan Swift Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
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The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
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Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning unit on my car.
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion for it came from.
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I don't drink tea or coffee. I'm like a child: I like fruit juices and sodas and creamy hot chocolate.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I was rubbish at school.
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A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
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I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The economy was going down. It was not doing well.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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The first thing many tourists see in Hawaii is concrete - a long dreary stretch of it through landscapes dominated by sad, cheap apartment buildings and almost entirely denuded of plant life.
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I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists.
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It's weird to me to see how different everyone's opinion of beauty is.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion for it came from.
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It feels important to go school; not necessarily to further my education, but more like a hobby.
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Don't set your wit against a child.
