John Ruskin Quotes
I used to lie down on the grass and draw the blades as they grew - until every square foot of meadow, or mossy bank, became a possession to me.
John Ruskin
Quotes to Explore
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You're stronger, and you're better, and you're
ready for whatever.
Alicia Keys
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If I couldn't laugh, I just would go insane. If we couldn't laugh, we just would go insane. If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.
Jimmy Buffett
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Words are but the shell; meditation is the kernel.
Bahya ibn Paquda
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I think, as a president, you have to want respect. You can't look for love from the American people. You have to just do what you think is right. Some people will hate you, but others, in the long run, will respect you for what you've done.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
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In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.
Plato
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Authority is never without hate.
Euripides
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What little recognition the idea of obligation to the public obtains in modern morality, is derived from Greek and Roman sources, not from Christian; as, even in the morality of private life, whatever exists of magnanimity, high-mindeness, personal dignity, even the sense of honour, is derived from the purely human, not the religious part of our education, and never could have grown out of a standard of ethics in which the only worth, professedly recognized, is that of obedience.
John Stuart Mill
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If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.
Peter O'Toole
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Until we go through it ourselves, until our people cower in the shelters of New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere while the buildings collapse overhead and burst into flames, and dead bodies hurtle about and, when it is over for the day or the night, emerge in the rubble to find some of their dear ones mangled, their homes gone, their hospitals, churches, schools demolished - only after that gruesome experience will we realize what we are inflicting on the people of Indochina.
William L. Shirer
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There is a lot of information to know, but I prepare for the NFL Draft by coming to work every day.
Rich Eisen
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But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.
Walter Isaacson
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The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success.
P. T. Barnum
