John Ruskin Quotes
You do not see with the lens of the eye. You seen through that, and by means of that, but you see with the soul of the eye.
Quotes to Explore
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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I love badminton. That's my sport!
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Florentine had grown more or less immune to the charms of spring.
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She was a student of history, valued the lessons of it. The worst atrocities began with half-measures, with apologies, compromising with the wrong side, shrinking from what had to be done.
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You have to find balance. Whenever I start feeling stressed or not feeling myself, it's about balance, and it means I need to find it again.
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I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That's my exercise.
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For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma.
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In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.
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God's eye does not slumber. He knows every sin that is hidden from mortal eye.
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Sensitivity isn't being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom. I enjoy a lot of mystery.
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No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
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I love food. I'm a big food person. I'm really passionate about eating good food all the time.
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There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.
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There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else's entertainment.
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He could chafe against the rich and privileged but he acknowledged that the army had taken him from the gutter and put an officer's sash round his waiste and Sharpe could think of no other job that would offer a low-born bastard on the run from the law the chance of rank and responsibility.
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In the end, I don't think you can find soul. Soul finds you.
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The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Gang Starr. Musically, they were really interesting. But when hip-hop acts start sampling Sting or Phil Collins, then I just don't get it at all.
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The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities.
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You do not see with the lens of the eye. You seen through that, and by means of that, but you see with the soul of the eye.
