Jonathan Swift Quotes
Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan Swift
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I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there. While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most interesting part of me.
T. R. Knight
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When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.
Parker Posey
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The first thing I do is I check my emails and my texts. I guess I shouldn't feel guilty about it at this point; it's kind of the norm. Sometimes I'll bounce around Twitter. And if I have time, I'll catch up on the news, usually on 'Huffington Post' or 'Salon.'
Randall Park
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The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.
Felix Adler
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I like to think of myself as an unmediated novelist - or perhaps a national novelist.
E. L. Doctorow
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The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'
LeRoy Neiman
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When the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby, it helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky.
Linda Ronstadt
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Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.
Heraclitus
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When you're young, you tend to believe what people tell you, and that's dangerous. As you get older, you learn that you're never as good or as bad as they say you are. If you understand this, you win.
George Clooney
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Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
George Foreman
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There is a sun, a light that for want of another word I can only call yellow, pale sulphur yellow, pale golden citron. How lovely yellow is!
Vincent Van Gogh
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We will not allow the past to drag us down and stop us from moving ahead. We understand where we should move.
Vladimir Putin
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When I eat, I always pick out the best parts in the middle and leave everything else on the side. It becomes a big sculptural mess, but there are nice compositional elements about how it all sits on the table.
Elizabeth Neel
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These past years, as we have been recovering and given our city a rebirth, we have been encouraged by our faith, knowledge, and steadfast belief that we will pull through. There will be challenges and setbacks, as there have already been, but we will continue, and we the citizens of New Orleans will prevail in bringing our city back.
Cedric Richmond
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I’m a problem solver, an advocate and an ambassador for about 150,000 people. It’s the best job in the world.
Justin Brannan
Caninus
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan Swift
