J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life.J. R. R. Tolkien
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I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't.
La'Porsha Renae -
I always separated sports and my personal life.
Carl Lewis -
Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.
Wayne Dyer -
Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
Abu Bakr -
I live my life by these little church signs you see as you drive around, and there's one near me that says, 'If we really knew each other, we would neither idolise nor condemn.' And that's it: if we all knew each other, then we wouldn't treat anybody any different. And there wouldn't be any big stars, I guess.
Garth Brooks -
I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.
Victoria Moran
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The fact is, everything we want or yearn for is won through other people. No man on an island is happy; he is merely existing. The joyous life is the one filled with rich relationships.
Vernon Howard -
Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
Patrice O'Neal -
I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.
Maeve Binchy -
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Pablo Picasso -
Where there is love there is life.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
Queen Elizabeth II
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
Sallust -
I have found human nature a bit contradictory in my living of it. Human life is incredibly strange.
Pat Conroy -
Many of us who have cars have felt some form of extreme anger at other drivers because we feel they have put us in harm's way. We might even envision ramming their cars or cutting them off in return, but do we actually do it? No, because the overwhelming majority of us never want to take another human life.
Taya Kyle -
'The ruckus' is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up - your tolerance. You've got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time.
J. B. Smoove -
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
E. M. Forster -
What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life.
Ira Sachs
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For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
Samantha Power -
So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
Princess Diana -
I burn very easily, so if I forget sunscreen, I will be a tomato by the end of the day. I'm very big on sunscreen and hats. I grew up in Florida, and I love the beach, and I think it's healthy to get a little bit of color.
Candice Accola -
Natural or artificial stimulation of nerves gives rise to a process of progressive excitation in them, leading to a response in the effector organ of the nerves concerned.
Otto Loewi -
How do you deal with a criminal that will not listen to what you have to say and who continues his policy of violence? Some say you continue to talk and let him tire himself out. But nearly 40 years after the institution of apartheid, is there anyone who still believes that verbal persuasion will work?
Oliver Tambo -
Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life.
J. R. R. Tolkien