Jonathan Swift Quotes
If it were a rainy day, a drunken vigil, a fit of the spleen, a course of physic, sleepy Sunday, an ill run at dice, a long tailor's bill, a beggar's purse, a factious head, a hot sun, costive diet, want of books, and a just contempt for learning - but for these. . .the number of authors and of writing would dwindle away to a degree most woeful to behold.
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.
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What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
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I adore anything Michael Alexis writes.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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Especially when we're dealing with issues of race, culture, identity, and history, the time has passed for the 'white savior' holding the black person's hand through their own history.
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I used to go to the library all the time when I was kid. As a teenager, I got a book on how to write jokes at the library, and that, in turn, launched my comedy career.
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New ways of seeing can disclose new thingsĀ But turn the question around. Do new things make for new ways of seeing?
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If it were a rainy day, a drunken vigil, a fit of the spleen, a course of physic, sleepy Sunday, an ill run at dice, a long tailor's bill, a beggar's purse, a factious head, a hot sun, costive diet, want of books, and a just contempt for learning - but for these. . .the number of authors and of writing would dwindle away to a degree most woeful to behold.
