John Ruskin Quotes
It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.
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Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
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I am a common man. Why do I need security?
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I don't need anyone to look after me financially and, while it's hard to trust that a man loves you for the right reasons, you have to take a leap of faith.
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Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.
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There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he walks across the street and nibbles on her ear, that's a rendezvous!
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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You can be a man who loves a woman but love someone the way a gay man loves another man or a woman loves a woman.
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Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.
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Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.
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I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American.
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In general, I don't like L.A. all that much, but it has wonderful parts.
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Poetry is music though, unfortunately, not all music is poetry. Because music has other carriers to take its message - beats, lyrics, singers, bass players - anyone in music can rise to make a major statement but in poetry there are only words to do the work. And they do sometimes have to sweat.
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The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.
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It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.
