John Ruskin Quotes
We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it a false name. It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided; but the men.
Quotes to Explore
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Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.
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Sometimes art is ahead of revolution.
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Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.
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America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.
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Cooking is for chefs. Science informs us and lets us cook while knowing what we are doing, but it is not a replacement for the skills of a chef.
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I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older I realize that I'm walking even closer with my God.
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With some people there is such a thing as the habit of betrayal.
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But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.
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A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. A system must have an aim. Without the aim, there is no system.
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J-Hope always tries to cheer us up, and I'm so grateful. Actually, I like to call him a new leader for the group.
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I don't know about you, but when they first introduced bottled water, I thought it was so funny, I was like "Bottled water! Haha, they're selling bottled water! ... I guess I'll try it. Ah, this is good, this is more watery than water. Yeah, this has got a water kick to it."
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Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection.
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India is one vast prison with high walls of suppression clothing her mind and her body.
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What's done is done. The joy is in the doing.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in the chain of beauty, as a useful ornament for the stage, and this, in turn, as an important element in the spiritual development of nations.
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If a train stops at a train station, what do you think happens at a work station?
