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.John Ruskin
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Aaron Klein -
To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
Queen Latifah -
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
A. Philip Randolph -
As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
Gavin Newsom -
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!
Cara Delevingne
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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.'
Pamela Meyer -
Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
Maisie Williams -
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.
Lady Gaga -
Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
Kate DiCamillo -
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.
Felicity Jones -
I've been married to Kris for 21 years, and there have always been rocky times. And it's nothing special.
Caitlyn Jenner
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Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.
Natalie Portman -
The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Acting is everybody's favorite second job.
Jack Nicholson -
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.
Edmund Morgan -
When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.
C. S. Lewis -
The nature of this melancholy becomes clearer, once one asks the question, with whom does the historical writer of historicism actually empathize. The answer is irrefutably with the victor. Those who currently rule are however the heirs of all those who have ever been victorious. Empathy with the victors thus comes to benefit the current rulers every time.
Walter Benjamin
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
Bashar al-Assad -
I don't have any regrets about the album [Veedon Fleece]. But it's the same old story - an album is basically 35 or 40 minutes of what you do. It's 'part' of what you do.
Van Morrison -
Reserve your abuse for your true friends.
Larry Wall -
I think it's cool to be a rock star; I don't think there are many. There aren't many who speak out and take risks. And I think that's important.
Charli XCX -
Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it!
Debbie Wasserman Schultz -
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.
John Ruskin