John Ruskin Quotes
No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. All admit irregularity as they imply change; and to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be Effort, and the law of human judgment, Mercy.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
K. Flay
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Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.
Barbara Kingsolver
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
Sam Shepard
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
Viggo Mortensen
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
Rachel Zoe
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
Xun Kuang
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
Rafael dos Anjos
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The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones.
T. R. Knight
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
Jack Henry Abbott
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
Talcott Parsons
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
Nancy Pelosi
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I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!
Karin Slaughter
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
Saint Ambrose
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
Wayne Huizenga
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
Patrick Leahy
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC.
Fedor Emelianenko
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The offseason is when you try to gain strength. You have 162 games during the year, so you've got to pick and choose the times work out.
Jacob deGrom
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
Aaron Schock
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Living intensely each present day means letting Christ dwell within you. His words are so clear: Today I would like to enter your home.
Mother Teresa
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Things like that happen all the time in this great big world of ours. It's like taking a boat out on a beautiful lake on a beautiful day and thinking both the sky and the lake are beautiful. So stop eating yourself up alive. Things will go where they're supposed to go if you just let them take their natural course.
Haruki Murakami
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No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. All admit irregularity as they imply change; and to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be Effort, and the law of human judgment, Mercy.
John Ruskin