John Ruskin Quotes

How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?

John Ruskin

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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

Olivier Martinez
- People
- Live
- Death
Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.

Maj Sjowall
- Country
- Small
- Author
Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.

Lady Starlight
- People
- Music
- Speak
We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.

Adam Davidson
- Country
- American
- History
I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.

V. S. Naipaul
- World
- Lost
- London
I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.

Gabriel Iglesias
- Girl
- Sexy
- Train