John Ruskin Quotes
It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else.John Ruskin
Quotes to Explore
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
Ovid -
When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
Flea Jane's Addiction -
I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
Yani Tseng -
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
Wendell Berry -
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
Samuel L. Jackson
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You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
Barry Manilow -
There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
T. S. Eliot -
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
Yogi Berra -
Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
Abdolkarim Soroush -
It kind of varies according to what I'm doing and what my situation is, but, most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing until the day of.
Mackenzie Foy -
I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
Magnus Carlsen
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
Nas -
Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.
Patrick MacGill -
We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
Sammy Hagar Chickenfoot -
As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.
Edith Piaf -
I want to protect my vision, and that's the hardest thing.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
veritas norma sui et falsi est
Baruch Spinoza
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I've seen the power of Life Coaching firsthand and I know how beneficial it can be.
Leeza Gibbons -
Religious freedom is foundational for our country, and we must lead on religious freedom as an example in America.
Steve Daines -
You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
Jacob deGrom -
If I'm having a really bad day, I always have a girlfriend - or even a guy friend - who I can call. They'll listen to me wallow for a minute and then be like, 'Okay, let's stop. Everything's great. Let's figure out how to fix whatever's bothering you.'
Emma Roberts -
It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader will certainly misunderstand them. Generally, also, a downright fact may be told in a plain way; and we want downright facts at present more than anything else.
John Ruskin