Jonathan Swift Quotes
Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.
Quotes to Explore
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
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If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.
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It's easier to poke holes in an idea than think of ways to fill them. And it's easier to focus on the 100 reasons you shouldn't do something rather than the one reason you should.
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It doesn't matter the amount of gore, the amount of shocks that you can have in a movie if the movie's not entertaining, if the story's not entertaining.
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As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!
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We're from Athens, GA.; we're big Bulldog fans, and I remember watching A. J. Green, David Pollock, David Greene. We were big Cowboys and Falcons fans.
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I have always been a movie buff and had no interest in any games and sports. I do not even watch cricket, which is one of the favourite games of most of my friends. However, I have become a wrestling fan after 'Dangal.'
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The discipline as a dancer carried over into my life.
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Microblogs are yet another form of public display, but I would rather be true to myself.
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Experience is the basis of poetry.
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Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.
