John Ruskin Quotes
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
Jack Nicklaus -
I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
FKA twigs -
Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
Ban Ki-moon -
The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
Jack Nicklaus -
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Hannah Arendt -
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Barbara Tuchman
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
Gary Miller Bad Brains -
What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
Kate Millett -
I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
Eric Lynn Wright -
I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
Kate Hudson -
Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys -
I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
Fran Drescher
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
Lady Bird Johnson -
I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
Irving Harper -
I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.
Uzo Aduba -
Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating my own. Perhaps one day I will do all three: write, direct, and act in the same production. That might get a little hectic, though.
Tamzin Merchant -
What I do want is to be transparent about where I am and how I got here. I don't like the cone of silence - it didn't do me any favors in my 20s or 30s, and I don't see it doing much for other women, either.
Rachel Sklar -
I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a slow learner and it took me this long; I also was enjoying writing, and I still enjoy writing - I get tremendous satisfaction out of the writing end of it.
Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
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I was somewhat of a mute at school, so people were quite scared!
Eliot Sumner -
As early as I can remember, I wanted to be a snowplow driver. When you grow up in the Rocky Mountains, like I did, you see the snow drifts piled up six feet high, and you're two feet, so it's impressive.
Kip Thorne -
The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head.
Mario Cuomo -
I have certain standards for myself so if something drops beneath that standard or if the opportunity doesn't fit who I am authentically at my core - I don't invest time where my brand isn't respected or where what I have to offer isn't appreciated.
T. D. Jakes -
God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.
John Ruskin