John Ruskin Quotes
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Quotes to Explore
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
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No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.
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People don't usually compliment your character.
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Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
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I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.
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Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm not surprised that Barbara managed to get collect calls through.
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The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.
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Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.
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Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.
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Without numerous schools offering hands-on opportunities, no commander will be cultivated.
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Who was confessor To the gracious Son of Mary? What was the most beneficial measure Which Adam accomplished?
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Why do human beings need to confess? Maybe if you don’t have that secret confession, you don’t have a poem - don’t even have a story. Don’t have a writer. If most poetry doesn’t seem to be in any sense confessional, it’s because the strategy of concealment, of obliquity, can be so compulsive that it’s almost entirely successful.
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In my opinion, a life governed by reason is likely to be more dignified than one shaped by dogma and unbridled emotions.
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Life is writing. The sole purpose of mankind is to engrave the thoughts of divinity onto the tablets of nature.
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The factors that laid low so whooping and puissant an empire as the old Hollywood are many. I can think of a score, including the barbarian hordes of Television. But there is one that stands out for me in the post-mortem.... The factor had to do with the basis of movie-making: ‘Who shall be in charge of telling the story.’
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The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.
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Part of what makes Minneapolis such a vibrant place to live and work is that we have active residents of all ages.
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We are serious as a heart attack about making the world a better place.
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If I have nothing to sacrifice, I have nothing to gain.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
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The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
