John Ruskin Quotes
An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.
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I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
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Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done.
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Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
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I got a finger that's literally bone-on-bone. This bad boy, it gets smaller. The more and more I do, it grinds bone-on-bone.
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Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
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I'm a normal person and I don't have superpowers! I do normal things, too.
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There something to be said for having even unrealistic dreams. Even if the dreams don't come true - that, to me, is what's beautiful about Los Angeles. It's full of these people who have moved there to chase these dreams.
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The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now it means those convictions are not even subject to rational debate.
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When kids my age were picking up toy cars, I used to buy toy guns.
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The game is just one long conversation, and I'm anticipating that, and I will say things like 'Did you know that?' or 'You're probably wondering why.' I'm really just conversing rather than just doing play-by-play. I never thought of myself as having a style. I don't use key words. And the best thing I do? I shut up.
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People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.
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I hate judgments that only crush and don’t transform.
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Leo Tolstoy said the purpose of art is to teach you to love life. And that's what I want.
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An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.
