John Ruskin Quotes
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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Where liberals see as an ever-more-splendid diversity of colors, creeds, ethnicities, ideologies, beliefs and lifestyles, the Right sees the disintegration of a country, a nation, a people, and its replacement with a Tower of Babel. Visions in conflict that democracy cannot reconcile.
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The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting.
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I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
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It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.
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Camp Southern Ground is a lot more than a camp. It's more of a campus.
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
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I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
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Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
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I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages.
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I think we have become obsessed with beauty and personally I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.
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I grew up thinking that renting is perfectly normal. And then, strangely enough, I never did buy a house. I live in New York City, and I'm still renting. My own personal narrative shows that it is possible to live a respectable life without ever having owned a home.
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I want to position my books as premium-priced versions on the reasonably-priced scale, if that makes sense, to find a sweet spot between the high-end of what my brand can support and the low end that results in impulse purchases and maximum sales volume.
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Money is power and power gives you choice.
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You can expect nothing in being a musician, and you have to be just very thankful every time it goes positively for you.
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In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
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Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.
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If no one knows your book is out there, no one will think about buying it. It's as simple as that.
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..the glimpse of the dome of St. Paul's through the forest of yellow masts, the whole thing bathed in a golden haze.
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My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart.
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It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.
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Engvall and his wife have, for three days, had a cement truck in their yard to re-do their porch.
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My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well.
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Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
