John Ruskin Quotes
I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?
Quotes to Explore
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic.
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So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.
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My heroes always are mostly my parents - my father especially, and my mom, who's passed on already. My dad is a very strong man, and by him being educated, and a principal and school superintendent over 37 years, he plays such a big role in my life.
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The corporate scandals are getting bigger and bigger. In a speech on Wall Street, President Bush spoke out on corporate responsibility, and he warned executives not to cook the books. Afterwards, Martha Stewart said the correct term was to saute the books.
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I think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant - but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.
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Without their tiger gods, the tribe declined into fear and melancholy and begged her to allow them to worship her instead, only to be rejected with contempt; for what good would their worship do her? she asked. It had done nothing for the tigers.
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I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?
