John Ruskin Quotes
Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.
Quotes to Explore
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We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man.
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I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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It comes down to personal style, and that's what's sexy and attractive in a man.
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place.
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Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
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A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.
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You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.
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Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.
