John Ruskin Quotes
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
Quotes to Explore
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I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.
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School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.
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I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.
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Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.
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Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.
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Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
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I started writing in fourth grade and never stopped. I faked my way through high school and nearly was flushed from college - I still can't pay attention - and then had a series of day jobs. But always, continuously, I have written.
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I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.
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Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.
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The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
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After all, this is the Nation's ultimate judicial tribunal, nor a super-legal-aid bureau.
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Many young poets, nowadays, are insured against everything. For them poetry is a game like court tennis or squash racquets - one they learned at college - and they play it with propriety, as part of their social and academic existence; their poems are occasional verse for which life itself is only one more occasion.
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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
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Risk played a really important role in making me the person I am.
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God calls men to be imitators of His son, Jesus Christ, to conform themselves to Christ's image (1 Cor. 15:49). They are to work out the salvation that God gives them, and they are to do this with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). This kind of steady improvement involves upward mobility: spiritual improvement, at the very least, but also economic and social mobility.
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Sometimes, if you don't have kids yourself, it's assumed you won't understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it.
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I find cooking very sensual. I love getting in there with my hands instead of utensils. With all of the textures and everything, it's very erotic. Also the time it takes to prepare, and the anticipation and the buildup, you know. Then finally, you get to eat.
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Nothing constructive and worthy of man's efforts ever has or ever will be achieved except by that which comes from a positive mental attitude, based on a definiteness of purpose and activated by a burning desire, and acted upon until the burning desire is elevated to the level of applied faith.
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The first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, 'There go our civil rights.' I found out by comparing notes later that George Carlin and I both said that at the exact same time. That's the first thing that popped into our head.
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Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
