John Ruskin Quotes
Multitudes think they like to do evil; yet no man ever really enjoyed doing evil since God made the world.
Quotes to Explore
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Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong.
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I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I'm at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can't. They can hit me in the face. I can't.
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Our rights come from God, not the government.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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I would love to win the Champions League once again. Winning big trophies like the Champions League or the World Cup is usually making people think, 'The players are not hungry any more.' Still, that's not what I feel.
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I'm really not worried about what fans think.
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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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God was going to be to me the father that I never had, the father that I didn't have enough of, enough time with.
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I'm a big fan of 'Akira,' and I think comics are a great place to tell intelligent, fantastical stories. You can say stuff that you wouldn't be able to in other mediums.
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Anything with a good story and characters I think would be great.
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I think once you're a mother to one, you're a mother to them all.
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I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't even a thing. It's the only thing I know how to do.
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My sense of what a book should be has changed so radically. I like to think for the better.
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I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do.
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God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.
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Libraries can take the place of God.
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Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.
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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.
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It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.
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Multitudes think they like to do evil; yet no man ever really enjoyed doing evil since God made the world.
