John Ruskin Quotes
To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them when our own knowledge and power fail; to be led by them into wider sight and purer conception than our own, and to receive from them the united sentence of the judges and councils of all time, against our solitary and unstable opinions.
Quotes to Explore
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The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God's 'spirit and word.'
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.
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If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
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To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
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Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.
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She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.
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I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real.
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I was an outsider as a kid, and I grew up around a lot of violence.
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He bade me observe it, and I should always find that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind; but that the middle station had the fewest disasters.
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Du fond de l'ombre où nous sommes et où vous êtes, vous ne voyez pas beaucoup plus distinctement que nous les radieuses et lointaines portes de l'éden. Seulement les prêtres se trompent. Ces portes saintes ne sont pas derrière nous, mais devant nous.
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The sun in his golden chariot had driven almost to the last meadow of the sky.
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I find the big bang, really quite fascinating. I mean, here you have all these highfalutin scientists and they’re saying it was this gigantic explosion and everything came into perfect order.
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When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark.
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The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.
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When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago.
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In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth.
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Postquam leges bello siluere coactaepellimur e patriis laribus patimurque volentesexilium.
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To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them when our own knowledge and power fail; to be led by them into wider sight and purer conception than our own, and to receive from them the united sentence of the judges and councils of all time, against our solitary and unstable opinions.
