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Quote by John Ruskin
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true acti

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion. – John Ruskin

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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. – John Ruskin

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good
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Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. – John Ruskin

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Music
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In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. – John Ruskin

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Its not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. Im an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. – Pete Sampras

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A religion without mystery must be a religion without God. – Jeremy Taylor

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Religion

Religion seems to have a way of making people abandon logic. – Amanda Baxter, 1998

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I dont practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation. – Simon Callow

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Get rid of the old leaven of sin so that you may be a new batch of dough — as you really are. – Bible, ICorinthians 5:7

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I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly. – Bessie Coleman

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Property is the pivot of civilization. – Leon Samson

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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. – Mary Kay Ash

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