John Ruskin Quotes
There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen must do it.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.
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I love listening to pop radio.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Coffee makes me go crazy.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.
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I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
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It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
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I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'
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First appearance deceives many.
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It's truly an honor to get to write Superman and Batman and Wonder Woman and all those great people, but when you can take something that's not well thought of and make it something that people do think highly of, that's much more gratifying, I think.
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Most of my career I've spent really nervous. Just about work, getting work and having it in.
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Daniel Cormier has been a model champion. He will be a champion for the rest of his life.
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That's the great irony of allowing passionate people to work from home. A manager's natural instinct is to worry that her workers aren't getting enough work done. But the real threat is that they will wind up working too hard. And because the manager isn't sitting across from her worker anymore, she can't look in the person's eyes and see burnout.
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I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.
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There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen must do it.
