John Ruskin Quotes
That man is always happy who is in the presence of something which he cannot know to the full, which he is always going on to know.
Quotes to Explore
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
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I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.
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I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.
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I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.
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I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
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The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think, 'I'll do it if it works, and if I don't, I can do something else.' That way seems to work for me.
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I read a lot of scripts, and there's a lot of good writing and a lot of OK writing and a lot of crappy writing. And even with the really good writing, it doesn't necessarily speak to me.
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True faith goes into operation when there are no answers.
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Trump has a lot of contacts in the world of charity because he rents out ballrooms, hotel ballrooms, the ballroom at Mar-a-Lago to charities. Charities are often the ones that rent out these ballrooms for big events.
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I am not young enough to know everything.
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Sometimes I'm crotchety, angry, curmudgeonly - you know, I do have that side. I don't always show it.
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That man is always happy who is in the presence of something which he cannot know to the full, which he is always going on to know.
