Jonathan Swift Quotes
It is pleasant to observe how free the present age is in laying taxes on the next. "Future ages shall talk of this; they shall be famous to all posterity;" whereas their time and thoughts will be taken up about present things, as ours are now.
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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To me, the funnest part of wrestling is evolving. If you stay the same all the time, you're eventually going to be left behind.
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We're a very iterative company, so we jump on basically all new technology.
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Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
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I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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It's dangerous to be anybody popular.
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Sharing the stage while singing my songs was a bit of a daunting prospect.
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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
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The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
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I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.
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Future generations of economists will look at the trickle-down theory in much the same way we now look at witch burning, slavery, and the Sinclair C5.
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Get rid of those friends of yours who make fun of you and don't believe in you. And when you leave here tonight, go home, make a phone call and fire them. Anyone that doesn't believe in you and your future, to hell with them.
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My commitment originated in my own story and my own relationship to violence.
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It is pleasant to observe how free the present age is in laying taxes on the next. "Future ages shall talk of this; they shall be famous to all posterity;" whereas their time and thoughts will be taken up about present things, as ours are now.
