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Jonathan Swift Quotes

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: irish
Birth: November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745

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Madness Place Where Bottle Tavern

I'm such a huge sports video game fan. These games are getting so realistic, it's amazing.

Sports Amazing Game Games Realistic

I'm not anti-progress, obviously, but I just think progress needs to be a broader thing than just the technology we can create; it's also how we handle it and our level of awareness.

Technology Progress Think Create

The emotional power of creating something... Nothing gives me as much joy as that.

Power Joy Me Creating Nothing Much

The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today's world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.

Simon Mainwaring

Today Power Social Media Smart World

I don't really dabble into the politics of MMA too much.

Politics Too Much MMA Much Really

The technobabble in 'Trek' just got completely out of control.

Ronald D. Moore

Control Out Got Just Trek

If a novelist had concocted a villain like Trump - a larger-than-life, over-the-top avatar of narcissism, mendacity, ignorance, prejudice, boorishness, demagoguery, and tyrannical impulses, she or he would likely be accused of extreme contrivance and implausibility.

Michiko Kakutani

Ignorance Villain Prejudice She Like

I do think that narrative, long-form nonfiction is the perfect form because it's rooted in something very real, but we're also, you know, completely spiritual, emotional creatures driven by all sorts of desires and needs.

Michael Paterniti

Spiritual Think You Perfect Know

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

Lisa Scottoline

Character Support Help You Write

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs.

Donald Rumsfeld

Mistakes Help You Know Try See

You have to trust yourself, not research. Not testing. Testing helps, but you have to trust your own taste. If your taste says something isn't any good, don't let research rationalize that out of its own truth.

Good Truth Trust Yourself Research

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold.

Love Women Beautiful Men Sky Night

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