Jonathan Swift Quotes
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Before 'Lucky Louie,' nobody would ever cast me to play a mom or a wife; nobody ever saw me in that role, which is weird, since that's who I really am.
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I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it.
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You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.
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Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.
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Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it.
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There are a lot of really valuable services that are always pushing you to communicate with other people. But there are relatively few services that are about helping you be the person you want to be and fulfilling your ambitions.
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Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
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You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?
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My wife totally backs the way I am on stage; that's one of the amazing things about her. I have 120 per cent respect for her when I'm on stage, so there are definitely certain things I would never do.
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Filmmaking is such a collaborative piece of art that you can't look to one person - you couldn't look to me, you couldn't say, 'Because Vin's in it, it's this or that...' It's really all of us coming together for that period of time to try and make magic.
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In oratory the greatest art is to hide art.
