John Ruskin Quotes
The sculptor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature.
Quotes to Explore
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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I actually have more shoes than anyone will ever know.
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The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
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It's hard to have a boom-bap hip hop record that goes No. 1 in the country.
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The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.
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When more Chinese started coming after the Gold Rush, employed on large projects like the Pacific Railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment became shrill.
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I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.
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Wheresoever thou findest a high mountain or a lofty hill and a green tree, know that an idol is there!
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Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you’re a grown-up, you’ll understand. Jonah: I don’t want to be a grown-up. Miles: Why not? Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated.
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I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.
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The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since.
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I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.
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The sculptor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature.
