John Ruskin Quotes
To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty.
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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I played point guard my whole life.
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Many are called but few get up.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I'm a bed monster.
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Stop bragging about your lack of sweat and effort in achieving your goals. Start bragging about how hard you work, how patient you've become.
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I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.
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While everyone is focused on security and civil liberties, Trump's Cabinet of billionaires will try to quietly push through even more extreme measures to enrich themselves and their class, like dismantling Social Security or auctioning off major pieces of government for profit.
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I get so into the moment.
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I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.
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Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.
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But of what avail was the innocence of the accused in days when an indictment was equal to a conviction!
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I think the story should always determine the visual approach. There are situations where you want things to feel alive and like life, and there are situations that should have some magic and the separation with the grain.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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In Italy, it is difficult to see a film in the original language because the voice actors here are a mafia.
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To speak and act truth with constancy and precision is nearly as difficult, and perhaps as meretorious, as to speak it under intimidation or penalty.
