John Ruskin Quotes
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.
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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.
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When you have girl children, they torture you! If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens. They say, 'Mom, you didn't really wear that?' And I say, 'Yes, and pretty much everyone saw it.'
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If we ever find out how the brain works, with all its complexity, then we will be able to build a machine that has consciousness. And if that happens, that is a road to planetary disaster because everything we've thought about ourselves, since the Bronze Age, the Bible, all of that will be gone.
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When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.
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Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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I don't like to dictate the style to the customer, I believe people give something their own trend.
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Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.
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I try to say goodbye and I choke Try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide it, it's clear My world crumbles when you are not here
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Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what is also clear is that this freedom does not stand alone. It is freedom in responsibility and freedom to exercise responsibility.
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I'd like to play an alien, like from 'Starman' or 'K-PAX,' where it's human. I think I'm destined to play an alien.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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Honor is what you know about yourself.
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I was a halfway-decent-looking English boy who looked nice in a drawing-room standing by a piano.
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I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.
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I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing.
