John Ruskin Quotes
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend.
Quotes to Explore
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.
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It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and its economics and all of that, and I think it affects the way we see ourselves and it affects music.
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.
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For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. I never wanted to look at character I've done and cringe.
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I like black because it is a vacant space.
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And the hooded clouds, like friars,Tell their beads in drops of rain.
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Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man. It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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I'm always swimming forward like a shark. You just keep going and you don't rest. I love waking up knowing that I have a problem to solve.
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I cherish the relationships and friendships I have with the people in my life and take every opportunity I have to make time for them.
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I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.
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In Manhattan, when you're out of the front door, you're on, and you have to be ready to smile and speak to people.
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Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.
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Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.
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It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend.
