Jonathan Swift Quotes
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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I dig all kinds of competition.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?
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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
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The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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Was I in a nativity play? I think I was an angel; I was a very blonde child, so I tended to get typecast. I have a vague memory of wearing wings.
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We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.
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The hardest part of writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was probably the sheer amount of iambic pentameter and tiptoeing around certain scenes I knew would be hot-button issues for 'Star Wars' fans.
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Between the desireAnd the spasmBetween the potencyAnd the existenceBetween the essenceAnd the descentFalls the Shadow .
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Online education and technology are doubtless going to change how we learn in the years ahead. Remote learning is inexpensive and brings down the cost of near-universal access.
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Employers ganging up against workers is like raising an army of elephants against ants.
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Certainly, Lu. Whatever you like,' said Peter unexpectedly. This was encouraging, but as Peter instantly rolled round and went to sleep again it wasn't much use.
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I do believe that Bill Clinton never inhaled ...because when I met him, he had no idea who I was.
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A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
