John Ruskin Quotes
Inequalities of wealth, unjustly established, have assuredly injured the nation in which they exist during their establishment; and, unjustly directed, they injure it yet more during their existence. But inequalities of wealth justly established, benefit the nation in the course of their establishment; and, nobly used, aid it yet more by their existence.
Quotes to Explore
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The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
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I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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The one thing I've always done, because I like the sound of my guitar from where I sit - meaning not in front of it - so what I do is, I put microphones around my ears. I have them around my head, too. I don't know if it's a superstitious thing, but it's actually how I recorded my first album.
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
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I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.
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I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself.
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I've always believed, maybe naively, that 'The play's the thing.'
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I am a fan of Botox.
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In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human being. Fuck being an asshole, what you pussies thought it was twenty years ago.
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Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely in all respects.
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As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university.
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Just doing movies after movies after movies, you're never alone.
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Cofounders will endure so much together that their relationship is often compared to a marriage.
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I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love.
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We need to have an educational system that's able to embrace all sorts of minds, and where a student doesn't have to fit into a certain mold of learning.
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The mystery of the Christian life is that Christ expects us to flee sin and the devil, but does not expect us to rid ourselves of either on this side of glory. Repentance is a way of life, and so is the pursuit of godliness. I wish every Christian could be reminded of these two things.
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Does surviving mean living on life, living on a dead life, living death all life long?
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Inequalities of wealth, unjustly established, have assuredly injured the nation in which they exist during their establishment; and, unjustly directed, they injure it yet more during their existence. But inequalities of wealth justly established, benefit the nation in the course of their establishment; and, nobly used, aid it yet more by their existence.
