John Ruskin Quotes
You talk of the scythe of Time, and the tooth of Time: I tell you, Time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm - we who smite like the scythe. It is ourselves who abolish - ourselves who consume: we are the mildew, and the flame.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
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Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls.
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The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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You talk of the scythe of Time, and the tooth of Time: I tell you, Time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm - we who smite like the scythe. It is ourselves who abolish - ourselves who consume: we are the mildew, and the flame.
