John Ruskin Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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Managers are the most creative people in the world.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was 'A Thief in the Village' by James Berry, and I thought, 'Is this still the state of publishing?' Then I thought, 'Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.'
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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Modeling is exciting, but I certainly felt frustrated that I couldn't speak out or express myself. I always wanted to express my desires in some other medium.
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Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
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When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.
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And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.
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Putin should simply be called a dictator.
Garry Kasparov -
What the voters told us in the 2010 election was that they wanted a change. And I believe a moderate approach with a dedication to working across the aisle, something I know is important to both me and Congressman Shuler, is the best way forward.
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I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to come to know one another.
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Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
