Jonathan Swift Quotes
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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It's astounding the degree to which these communities are intermarried. Iraq is a crazy quilt of ethnicities and religious sects.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
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When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Growing up, you always want to hang with your dad - go fishing or whatever. But my dad was always working, so we never really had time for that. I think I kind of learned to accept it.
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I think that we've got a huge head start on things that are not easy to do: progressive streaming, to be able to stream in very high quality, even in an environment of highly variable bit rate, and to work on a big variety of devices seamlessly.
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Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
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Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.
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War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
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You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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I keep my perfume in the fridge. If someone sees me in the morning pushing aside the eggs to grab my perfume, it might look a little odd, but it's so refreshing to spray cold fragrance on your skin.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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I never knew any man cured of inattention.
