Jonathan Swift Quotes
Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot can, by two or three touches with a lead pencil, make it look visible, and agreeing with what he fancied.
Quotes to Explore
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Broadway is really my life.
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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No country should waste wireless spectrum. Especially not India, where the cellphone has become the personal computer.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.
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If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I am happy in Paris.
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One of the great things about the sci-fi genre is that you can kind of get away with a bit more when talking politics, making social references or dealing with very hot-button topics because it is sci-fi.
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There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear.
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I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.
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You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!
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I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.
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I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
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Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple.
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We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.
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Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wingsAnd some are treasured for their markings –They cause the eyes to meltOr the body to shriek without pain.
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The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative.
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I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations.
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I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.
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Me showing my emotions... it's not a sign of weakness; it's a sign of passion.
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I like to stand out in the crowd. So anytime a designer offers up items that are a little attention grabbing or pushing the boundaries ever so slightly, I'm always game for that.
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Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot can, by two or three touches with a lead pencil, make it look visible, and agreeing with what he fancied.
