John Ruskin Quotes
The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn, rather than receive their salvation; and the reason preaching is so commonly ineffective is, that it often calls on people to work for God rather than letting God work through them.
Quotes to Explore
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Most mutations involve typos: Something bumps a cell's elbow as it's copying DNA, and the wrong letter appears in a triplet - CAG becomes CCG.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.
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I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of all things, would be southern soul barbecue.
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It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
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In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.
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I follow so many beauty bloggers on Instagram.
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If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.
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I hate morning workout; I'm a night person more. But it's good to work out in the mornings because then you can have all day free.
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Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.
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There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?
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It's weird, but Scion is kind of cool. I couldn't drive one because I'd look like one of those McDonald's Happy Meal toys with giant heads sticking out the window.
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The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn, rather than receive their salvation; and the reason preaching is so commonly ineffective is, that it often calls on people to work for God rather than letting God work through them.
