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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? – John Ruskin

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Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. – John Ruskin

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No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. – John Ruskin

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As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime. – John Ruskin

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Ive always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, Hi, that the people ought to get their moneys worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me. – Marilyn Monroe

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The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away. – Wilson Mizner

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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. – William James

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One of my favorite activities as a teen-ager was to watch television over the phone with my best friend. – Susan Orlean

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But thy eternal summer shall not fade. – William Shakespeare

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My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms — will it return to my body when they scatter? – Kotomichi

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