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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The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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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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Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.
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Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.
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'We would make our heroes shallow,' he answered, the words very slow and almost sad. 'We would make them brittle. It is they who must remind us of the true meaning of strength.'
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Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.
