John Ruskin Quotes
Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.
John Ruskin
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Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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.'
W. H. Davies
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
Fabrizio Moreira
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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.
Natalie Massenet
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
Daisy Bates
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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.
Idina Menzel
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When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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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.
Samuel Butler
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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.
H. L. Mencken
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Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to clean up legitimate hazardous waste sites around the nation.
Ike Skelton
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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.
Candace Bushnell
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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.
Rachel Tucker
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I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.
Gabriel Byrne
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
Malcolm de Chazal
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You win a fight, you learn from it. You lose a fight, you learn from it.
Uriah Hall
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Music touches our innermost being, and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man's life.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.
Rhonda Byrne
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Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.
John Ruskin
