John Ruskin Quotes
Along the iron veins that traverse the frame of our country, beat and flow the fiery pulses of its exertion, hotter and faster every hour. All vitality is concentrated through those throbbing arteries into the central cities; the country is passed over like a green sea by narrow bridges, and we are thrown back in continually closer crowds on the city gates.John Ruskin
Quotes to Explore
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
E. P. Thompson -
I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
Mackenzie Astin -
We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
Oliver Hudson -
I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
Walter Dean Myers -
If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
Ted Nugent -
When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
Jack Nicholson
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My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
Hannibal Buress -
The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
Pat Paulsen -
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
Dag Hammarskjold -
In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
Padgett Powell -
Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
Malcolm McDowell
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If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.
Vincent Cassel -
Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.
Nanci Griffith -
I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
Maisie Williams -
They were so exhausted and seasick and all they could do was crawl up those beaches. And thousands of them lay dead in no time at all. It's unthinkable.
Barry Pepper -
'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
Waris Ahluwalia -
I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.
Samuel Goldwyn
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I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.
Fede Alvarez -
I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.
Shakira -
My head was full of tidying tips, and I had complete, albeit misguided, confidence that I could tidy any place.
Marie Kondo -
I think our existence in professional sports is almost a protest in and of itself in sometimes the very sexist society that we live in. For us, it's just kind of right in line with what we always do.
Megan Rapinoe -
Along the iron veins that traverse the frame of our country, beat and flow the fiery pulses of its exertion, hotter and faster every hour. All vitality is concentrated through those throbbing arteries into the central cities; the country is passed over like a green sea by narrow bridges, and we are thrown back in continually closer crowds on the city gates.
John Ruskin