John Ruskin Quotes
The greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, nor in its gold. Its glory is in its Age, and in that deep sense of voicefulness, of stern watching, of mysterious sympathy... which we feel in walls that have long been washed by the passing waves of humanity.
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
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I'm the best Twitterer.
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Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
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Throughout the world, terrorists are actively seeking their next recruit. Alarmingly, terrorist organizations are increasingly targeting school-age children as the next generation of terrorists.
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革命战争是群众的战争，只有动员群众才能进行战争，只有依靠群众才能进行战争。
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Every human being grows up inside a sheath of custom, which enfolds it as the swathing clothes enfold the infant.
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Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,Stealing my breath of life, I will confessI love this cultured hell that tests my youth!
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I think everybody knows that on November 7th more people voted for Al Gore than George Bush, a fact that has been documented time and time again.
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I'm a fan of records. I'm a fan of listening to something cover to cover and not wanting to skip over anything.
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I think Pixar's done an amazing job integrating art and science. They really get this idea that art and engineering work side by side.
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It gets harder every day to get out of bed. I don't feel like it loads of the time. It is only my exercise routine which wakes me up.
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The commission members themselves were never briefed on Able Danger.
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I love artists that just do what they do with so much passion and emotion.
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For I mean to roam and think and make great irons red-hot.
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Being happy in your skin that's what it's all about.
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I think one of my favorite things about making low budget movies is that when you get into expensive moviemaking territory, it's almost impossible not to reverse engineer the movies. It's irresponsible not to think about the result and the financial result. But when you make low budget movies, you can put that out of your head.
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You won't talk to anybody who breaks lyrics down more thoroughly. It's just a complete deconstruction, and when you start to rebuild, nobody has the capacity to do it like me. Which is not to say I'm better, it's just that there's a unique quality to everyone.
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I feel like I'm still at a point where I have a lot to learn from watching myself, so I find that it helps. But it's always weird.
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If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops.
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Wherever he goes, whatever he does, he will always see that word: murder—immortally inscribed upon the pediment of that vast slaughterhouse—humanity.
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The greatest glory of a building is not in its stones, nor in its gold. Its glory is in its Age, and in that deep sense of voicefulness, of stern watching, of mysterious sympathy... which we feel in walls that have long been washed by the passing waves of humanity.
