John Ruskin Quotes
No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it.
Quotes to Explore
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.
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Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I'm mostly vegetarian.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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The commitments, schedule and sponsor appearances don't change. It gets more busy, because you get more popular, and the more popular you are, it actually gets more busy. They're like, 'Yeah, let's use her, she's hot right now. Let's do a shoot!'
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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Some people lose sense of what their music was when their life starts to get better.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile!
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I would not have put myself through the week I have been through if I was considering retirement.
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We've been brought up to pick one thing in life and become really good at just that. But that's never what I wanted to be. I was always interested in many things at the same time, and I wanted to try all of them at the same time, too.
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God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.
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No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it.
