John Ruskin Quotes
In old times, men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith; in later times, they used the objects of faith that they might show their powers of painting.John Ruskin
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Football is good, but family, close friends, my brothers - I have family everywhere - is the most important thing.
Eden Hazard -
I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
Harlan Coben -
I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
Natalie Babbitt -
One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
Nancy Kerrigan -
As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.
Karl Jaspers -
He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
Pat Cash
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
Victoria Pendleton -
I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
Fiona Apple -
I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
Laura Prepon -
Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
Imelda Marcos -
The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
Yoko Ono
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I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home.
Dakota Johnson -
Freedom is popular. Bring it on.
Rand Paul -
The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.
Ice T -
Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.
Carine Roitfeld -
The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college, and we were touring around all these different churches. I loved it so much I tried to find a way to stay there.
Forest Whitaker -
I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.
Bahman Ghobadi
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We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.
Zhang Ziyi -
Whispering can be a rest from a noisy world of words.
Peter Greenaway -
I have not personally suffered from the deprivations, the bitterness and sorrow which bring so many men and women to a realisation of social injustice.
Emmeline Pankhurst -
Ever since the romantic comedy-drama 'She's Gotta Have It' antagonized black women and black men in 1986, Spike Lee's films have enjoyed the outrage of various groups.
Lee Siegel -
In old times, men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith; in later times, they used the objects of faith that they might show their powers of painting.
John Ruskin