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 -
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
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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.
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 -
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 -
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
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'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
Waris Ahluwalia -
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 -
Deus est omnium rerum causa immanens, non vero transiens
Baruch Spinoza -
God's knowledge extends to things not in existence, and includes also the infinite.
Maimonides -
You don't need to hire a dog therapist, you just need to wake up at 7 am and open the fucking door!
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
There's nothing you could do to me, nothing you could take away from me that would make me feel like I wasn't going to be all right.
Linda Perry 4 Non Blondes
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2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does: 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century.
Barack Obama -
Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
William Jennings Bryan -
When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
Loretta Lynn -
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