John Ruskin Quotes
... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice.
John Ruskin
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Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
Frances McDormand
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Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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Ultimately, what interests me is using exotic sounds in my songs.
Washed Out
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A relationship is sent by God and accident.
Fiona Shaw
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Today we are visitors to the airport, tomorrow we will come here as travellers.
Mahmoud Abbas
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Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty- their power and privilege- to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians.
P. J. O'Rourke
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But one out of ten is the really good one, something that I really want to fight for. And I usually have to fight for it.
Edward Furlong
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If I fail, you will never hear of me again.
Edward James Muggeridge
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The world expects of Christians that they will raise their voices so loudly and clearly and so formulate their protest that not even the simplest man can have the slightest doubt about what they are saying. Further, the world expects of Christians that they will eschew all fuzzy abstractions and plant themselves squarely in front of the bloody face of history. We stand in need of folk who have determined to speak directly and unmistakably and come what may, to stand by what they have said.
Albert Camus
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From our earliest years, American culture reinforces the notion that we are all completely independent individuals. Sometimes we call it “personal responsibility” and other times we call it “rugged individualism,” which, in and of themselves, are not entirely negative concepts. Taken too far however, these cultural concepts lead us to believe we really are the captains of our own ship, that our primary responsibility is to our own selves, and that we can do this all on our own.
Benjamin L. Corey
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... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice.
John Ruskin
