Jonathan Swift Quotes
Unjustly poets we asperse: Truth shines the brighter clad in verse, And all the fictions they pursue Do but insinuate what is true.
Jonathan Swift
Quotes to Explore
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Afrikaans culture is very right-wing and conservative, very proper, and you get this hidden underbelly, the zef side of Afrikaans which no one knows about.
Watkin Tudor Jones
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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
Barbara Amiel
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
Gail Parent
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In 2009, during my inaugural address, I expressed the importance of unprecedented partnerships. Since then, Utah's government, business, and education leaders in communities statewide have worked together more frequently and with better results than ever before.
Gary Herbert
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
Natalie Gulbis
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
Imelda Staunton
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
Kangana Ranaut
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
Tadashi Shoji
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
Ian Anderson
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
Daniel Craig
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Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
Felix Adler
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
Gaby Hoffmann
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I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.
Kate Winslet
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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Abraham Lincoln
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When I was outed on July 14th, 2003, I was, until that moment, covert. That means no one outside of a very small circle knew where I really worked.
Valerie Plame
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If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.
Fareed Zakaria
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I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in me. The only way I could get attention was by being a goof and a dork, which meant a lot of physical comedy.
Malin Akerman
