John Ruskin Quotes
The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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We are facing extreme volatility.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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In 2013, a great national coalition came together to compel Congress to deny Barack Obama authority to take us to war in Syria.
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I've written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city's Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon.
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Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.
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Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.
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I never turned a part down when they offered me money.
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Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.
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The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.
