John Ruskin Quotes
There is nothing so great or so goodly in creation, but that it is a mean symbol of the gospel of Christ, and of the things He has prepared for them that love Him.
Quotes to Explore
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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I do things right. No shortcuts.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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I've got a lot of other things I want to do.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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I write songs about love because, above all, love is the most human thing we have together. Feelings are a part of us every day. You feel things every day, no matter where you are. So that's what I write about.
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With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong with each other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath.
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I love mixing amateurs and professionals.
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I've done a lot of things that I regret.
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When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.
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My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.'
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I love holidaying with the kids after working hard, it is amazing.
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I have taken the marshmallows off the sweet potatoes, however. They would make a big pan of sweet potatoes and cover it with marshmallows. My kids would love it if I would do that for them!
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I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
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I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.
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The nature of things is dharma.
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I'm always trying new things and learning new things. If there isn't anything more you can learn - go off and die.
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We often say, and you have heard the expression as it has already been referred to in this conference, that "as man now is, God once was, and as God now is, man may become." The only way man may become as God now is, is through fulfilling the laws of celestial marriage and the laws of the gospel, as I have just read to you the word of the Lord from the D&C. Can we afford to overlook such opportunities for exaltation? Temple marriage is not just another form of church wedding; it is a divine covenant with the Lord that if we are faithful to the end, we may become as God now is.
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I love writing songs.
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down.
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I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.
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There is nothing so great or so goodly in creation, but that it is a mean symbol of the gospel of Christ, and of the things He has prepared for them that love Him.
