John Ruskin Quotes
The object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy them.
Quotes to Explore
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their attitude and decided to produce a shorter edition for middle-class families. This led to Wilhelm's editing and censoring many of the tales.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
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If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.
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Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.
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When people don't have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.
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We have to be able to criticize what we love,Say what we have to say,'Cause if you're not trying to make something better,Then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
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I thought we played with a lot of passion and very hard. It was very important for our seniors to play that way, but it wasn't enough, especially on defense.
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People say, 'Are you going to be beating up one side or the other side?' It's everybody. It's the entire education establishment that is in power.
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In my own research when I'm working with equations, I never feel like I really understand what I'm doing if I'm solely relying on the mathematics for my understanding. I need to have a visual picture in my mind. I'm constantly translating from the math to some intuitive mind's-eye picture.
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So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.
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The object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy them.
