John Ruskin Quotes
Nothing can be true which is either complete or vacant; every touch is false which does not suggest more than it represents, and every space is false which represents nothing.
Quotes to Explore
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I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.
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I think the best thing I can say about it - and I think the best thing you can say about anything, really - is that 'The Motorcycle Diaries' made me feel like my home was bigger; it made me feel at home anywhere in Latin America.
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The rich stick together; the poor and the marginalised are thrown together.
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There were times when we didn't have hot water or a phone line. But I guarantee you, we always had cable, and it was always on.
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I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis.
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One of things about beards is that, when men reach a certain age, they'd like to see if they can grow one. It's a phenomenon I understand very well. After you get over the itchy face, you go, "Oh, I don't have to shave, that's cool." And then you move into the philosophical thing- people say, "You look weird, you have a beard." And you say, "No, actually, it's weird to shave." Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.
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Some people are afraid to dress in ways that they actually like because it might be different than what most people expect or how others dress.
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When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.
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When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
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One who has given up any hope of winning a fight or has clearly lost it wants his style in fighting to be admired all the more.
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We have to do a better job of taking care of the basketball, but their pressure had a lot to do with it.
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The coming of the motion picture was as important as that of the printing press.
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I'm not sure there's a difference between books that affected the way I see the world and books that influenced me as a writer.
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Blaire, This teardrop represents many things. The tears I know you’ve shed over holding your mother’s piece of satin. The tears you’ve shed over each loss you’ve experienced. But it also represents the tears we’ve both shed as we’ve felt the little life inside you begin to move. The tears I’ve shed over the fact I’ve been given someone like you to love. I never imagined anyone like you Blaire. But every time I think about forever with you I’m humbled that you chose me. This is your something blue. I love you, Rush...
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Nothing can be true which is either complete or vacant; every touch is false which does not suggest more than it represents, and every space is false which represents nothing.
