Jonathan Swift Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.
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I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.
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You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.
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My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.
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The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism.
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I think she's so cool, but I personally don't think I sound like Rihanna! But when I first released my music, I did get that comparison a lot. I never really thought about that, but it's a good thing. She's awesome.
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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I'm very devoted to my kids - I'm completely blind to their faults.
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You might see nothing in him. I see everything in him.
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A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.
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It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing.
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Background updating is absolutely the future.
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There's none so blind as they that won't see.
