John Ruskin Quotes
Many thoughts are so dependent upon the language in which they are clothed that they would lose half their beauty if otherwise expressed.
Quotes to Explore
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
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Writers are so important.
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The main interest of most members of the Christian Coalition is the breakdown of the family. I think that's our biggest problem, and if the whole country was as concerned and active in issues of the family as members of the Christian Coalition are, we'd probably be better off as a country.
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If you want to buy $10 of Ethereum and poke around with smart contracts, I encourage that. But use it as a technology, not as an investment, unless you know what you're doing.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
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As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.
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How you choose to present yourself to the world shows what's meaningful to you - and what you want others to think is meaningful to you.
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After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.
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I don't want to stir up a can of worms.
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Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.
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Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.
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Many thoughts are so dependent upon the language in which they are clothed that they would lose half their beauty if otherwise expressed.
