John Ruskin Quotes
So long as we see the stones and joints, and are not deceived as to the points of support in any piece of architecture, we may rather praise than regret the dexterous artifices which compel us to feel as if there were fibre in its shafts and life in its branches.
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Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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I really think that it's disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life - Diana, an inspirational woman - and then it changed, but they still won't change it in London! It's horrible!
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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Trump is a master obfuscator. Like an octopus escaping a predator, he releases a cloud of ink when called to the carpet on one of his many lies. His strategy? Obfuscate, then reference others. 'Millions agree,' 'everyone knows,' 'many have done it.'
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Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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Holy cow!
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I just took everything so seriously in my early twenties. But now I'm like, 'life can be fun.' You don't have to overthink everything. I've found a way to be more at peace with things. I'm looking forward to turning 30.
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I've been married to Kris for 21 years, and there have always been rocky times. And it's nothing special.
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Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.
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The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
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Acting is everybody's favorite second job.
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The musket, always a muzzleloader, took minutes to reload; an archer could aim and fire up to a dozen arrows in a minute. Muskets required continual cleaning and repair; bows were quickly made and easily maintained.
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Consumers do not want a perceived cheap car; they want a car to flaunt. A car is as much about status and identity as it is about transport.
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I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy. I don't speak for such huge and diverse groups. What I've tried to do, what I've been fortunate to do, is to live my live and create my life as I've wanted to create it.
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Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired.
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Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?
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The Department of Defense is a longtime partner of the Department of Homeland Security, and I thank them for their support.
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So long as we see the stones and joints, and are not deceived as to the points of support in any piece of architecture, we may rather praise than regret the dexterous artifices which compel us to feel as if there were fibre in its shafts and life in its branches.
