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Jonathan Swift quote: "Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo,..."

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

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I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment. Larry Hagman
The man's tongue is fit to frighten the French. Another fever."Ah, there," said Morgan, "that comed of sp'iling Bibles."That comed--as you call it--of being arrant asses. Robert Louis Stevenson
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Suffer little children and come unto me. Evita Peron
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What if I fall?', Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do. Stephen King
The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count. George Mikes
To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at tleast the dead might rest in peace. Washington Irving
I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results. Barbara Kruger
There are people that are convinced of the wickedness both of armies and of police forces, but who are nevertheless much more intolerant and inquisitorial in outlook than the normal person who believes that it is necessary to use your violence in certain circumstances. George Orwell
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "Iznad naroda je ljudskost."
Iznad naroda je ljudskost. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense? Imelda Staunton
So I don't really focus too much on that, and I think it's dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself. Katie Couric
I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really. Scott Thompson
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. Tony Robbins