John Ruskin Quotes
The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.
Quotes to Explore
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A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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I'm not really into weight training.
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I do everything I can to have a diverse career because I just want to have options. I know that I can do Hamlet or I can do Stanley Kowalski, you know.
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You must know what you are capable of.
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I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.
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Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him.
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Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.
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At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.
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We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us lit backstage. We became very good friends and spent a lot of time together including hearing Eddie sing in some of the bands he was in at the time.
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How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
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Yet a personal God can become a grave liability. He can be a mere idol carved in our own image, a projection of our limited needs. fears and desires. We can assume that he loves what we love and hates what we hate, endorsing our prejudices instead of compelling us to transcend them.
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I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get back to it. But there are days when I don't know what's coming next, and I really have to force it.
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Maturity comes with experience, not age.
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There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
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The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.
