John Ruskin Quotes
To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind of every personage concerned in it, and know precisely how they would be affected by what happens; which to do requires a colossal intellect: but to describe a separate emotion delicately, it is only needed that one should feel it oneself; and thousands of people are capable of feeling this or that noble emotion, for one who is able to enter into all the feelings of someone sitting on the other side of the table.
John Ruskin
Quotes to Explore
When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
Dan Savage
There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
Quico Canseco
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
Maimonides
How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
Parker Posey
Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
Harbhajan Singh
Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
K. Flay
I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
Tania Raymonde
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
Dan Lipinski
I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.
Nadia Comaneci
If your heart is in love, you can do anything.
Vanessa Paradis
I'm a child of the Disney Renaissance, so the new classics are near and dear. I suppose this is a legend more than a fairy tale, but 'Mulan' is easily my favorite. Not only is it a fun, action-packed, beautiful movie, but it's so important for young girls to have.
Victoria Aveyard
If I find cool, open-minded people, want to do unique one-of-a-kind kind of project, I'll do it as long as I can.
Macaulay Culkin
When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.
Umberto Eco
One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
E. L. Doctorow
The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.
Keith Olbermann
The mind is the effect, not the cause.
Daniel Dennett
What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid?
Tom Stoppard
To invent a story, or admirably and thoroughly tell any part of a story, it is necessary to grasp the entire mind of every personage concerned in it, and know precisely how they would be affected by what happens; which to do requires a colossal intellect: but to describe a separate emotion delicately, it is only needed that one should feel it oneself; and thousands of people are capable of feeling this or that noble emotion, for one who is able to enter into all the feelings of someone sitting on the other side of the table.
John Ruskin
