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.
Quotes to Explore
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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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.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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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.
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'Die Antwoord' just has a nice ring to it.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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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!
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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.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.
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Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.
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I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.
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We sell to businesses who sell other stuff, so we're just going to concentrate on doing that.
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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.
