John Ruskin Quotes
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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I want to find a way to speak to the broadest audience possible.
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The Obama economy has led to the lowest labor force participation since 1978.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.
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I said, God, the press and people, they just really hate me and I'm really trying. Geraldine Page said, Listen to this, Tab. If people don't like you, that's their bad taste.
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There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.
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Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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I'm just here to compete and do the best I can and let things play out and just be the best teammate I can be, regardless of the situation.
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To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.
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I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest literacy rate among women.
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We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
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Where there is a problem, the risks to the public are greater than they've ever been before.
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I like to make people look as good as they'd like to look, and with luck, a shade better.
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If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.
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Don't just look at buildings ... watch them.
