Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do. ~John Cena
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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Ideas without execution are hallucinations. ~Thomas A. Edison
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others. ~John Wooden
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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