John Ruskin Quotes
Geology does better in reclothing dry bones and revealing lost creations, than in tracing veins of lead and beds of iron; astronomy better in opening to us the houses of heaven than in teaching navigation; surgery better in investigating organiation than in setting limbs; only it is ordained that, for our encouragement, every step we make in science adds something to its practical applicabilities.
Quotes to Explore
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.
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There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me.
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I love horror, sci-fi and action, or I wouldn't make these kinds of movies, but those designations are Trojan horses to make these personal comedies.
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If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.
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So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'
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Sometimes my colleagues joke and call me Hannah.
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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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It's called 'Night Moves,' and it's my favorite 'Doc Ford' of all times. It's way too complicated, but it worked.
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My grandchildren will be making money from the stories I write and sell as eBooks because they will continue to be making money.
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Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.
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I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.
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You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.
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I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.
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I think it's about having a competent president, and I don't really think gender has to do with how Hillary Clinton will lead.
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Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
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Geology does better in reclothing dry bones and revealing lost creations, than in tracing veins of lead and beds of iron; astronomy better in opening to us the houses of heaven than in teaching navigation; surgery better in investigating organiation than in setting limbs; only it is ordained that, for our encouragement, every step we make in science adds something to its practical applicabilities.
