John Ruskin Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.
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Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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My skin may have wrinkles but it's because I'm smiling so much. That might sound like some terrible American greetings card, but I feel it's immoral for me to castigate my body for getting older, when it does everything I ask of it.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.
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Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.
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You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.
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What I have learned is that designers are willing to tell the world that they are here to empower women from all different backgrounds and different walks of life.
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I went to a Catholic school, so of course we had to wear uniforms. My only form of expression was in shoes and the style of my hair.
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What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!
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I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time.
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I've been out all over the world tranquilizing animals.
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The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart.
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I remember - when I was little, I remember playing 'Tecmo Bowl,' and I would be so excited to be Bo Jackson in the game that I wanted to watch him play in real life.
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Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
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When I was five, I went on my first audition. It was for a Pizza Hut commercial.
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So we might say that the most important thing one can acquire in college is a well-functioning bullshit meter.
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There are people I love in Nashville and would not want to go a day without talking to, but I want to see the world.
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If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.
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Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God of mercy! When? Not kings and lords, but nations! Not thrones and crowns, but men! Flowers of thy heart, of God they are. Let them not pass like weeds, away Their heritage a sunless day! God save the people! When wilt thou save the people? Oh, God of mercy! When? The people Lord the people! Not thrones and crowns, but men! God save the people! Thine they are, Thy children, as thy angels fair, Save them from bondage and despair. God save the people!
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Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.
