Jonathan Swift Quotes
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
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Sell a country?! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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I study history in order to give an interpretation.
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If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
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During the season, I dodge the media, kind of. It's not that I'm trying to avoid them, but I know if they get a hold of me, there's going to be, like, 10 people around me, and I'm going to have to answer question after question, where in that time, after practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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I want to protect my vision, and that's the hardest thing.
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The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship.
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All the artists out there, I ask you and beg you: Take over your ship. It's your career. It's your life.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.
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I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my desk is.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.
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Nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.
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I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.
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Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.
