John Ruskin Quotes
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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It's high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol, who incorporated into his art all the gaudy commercial imagery of capitalism (like Campbell's soup cans) that most artists had stubbornly scorned.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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I feel things in quite an intense way. I'm not actually the most intense person.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it.
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I readily concede that a prime minister is not required to speak on every occasion or on every subject, but when there is a duty to speak, silence is unacceptable. Silence can be a strategy, silence can be a tactic, but silence can never be an answer to the ills of our polity and the fault lines of our society.
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I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.
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I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute, they're really just checking your vitals for weak spots.
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Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.
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Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.
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I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.
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In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.
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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.
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The treadmill won't run on its own; you have to put some work into this. If you're going to lose weight, you have to apply yourself.
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When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work.
