John Ruskin Quotes
All great song, from the first day when human lips contrived syllables, has been sincere song.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.
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The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.
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My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
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Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.
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We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
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The majority of the economic oscillations which we encounter seem to be explained most plausibly as free oscillations.
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O mighty and once living instrument of formative nature. Incapable of availing thyself of thy vast strength thou hast to abandon a life of stillness and to obey the law which God and time gave to procreative nature.
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Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.
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I promised my dad before he passed away that I would take care of the family.
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I answer questions the best I can.
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I love changing my roles. I think the most important thing that I can do for myself is to keep changing the genres, the periods, the characters themselves.
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I think they've gotten too far away from having managers make decisions. I'm not criticizing commissioners. I'm just critiquing their platform for decision-making.
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I try to put myself in the position of the fan and the fan in my position. So to be somebody in the stands and be just like everyone else as opposed to having a press pass around my neck is pretty fun.
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I found it hard to express myself in the world. I was very shy. I'm still very shy. But also, when I was a child, I could get very... I had this violence... I still get angry. But I don't break things; I'm not hysterical.
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The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."
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I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.
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All great song, from the first day when human lips contrived syllables, has been sincere song.
