J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.J. R. R. Tolkien
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
Florence Henderson -
Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.
Vernon Howard -
When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
Yannick Noah -
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
C. L. R. James -
We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
Jack Prelutsky -
Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
Walton Goggins
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
Carl Yastrzemski -
Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
Pat Williams -
I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.
Laila Ali -
Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
Ida Lupino -
The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
Harbhajan Singh
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It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control.
Camryn Manheim -
As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
Walker Stapleton -
As a college student, you're depending on your scholarship money, money your parents send you. So I guess when people start talking about big figures, it doesn't hit me.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson -
You keep learning all the time.
Vanessa Paradis -
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
Dan Webster -
People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
Rachel Nichols
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In my opinion, villains are so much more interesting than heroes. So 'Suicide Squad' is just like, wow, so damn awesome.
Harley Quinn Smith -
Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
Gary Oldman -
The most-asked question when someone describes a novel, movie or short story to a friend probably is, 'How does it end?' Endings carry tremendous weight with readers; if they don't like the ending, chances are they'll say they didn't like the work. Failed endings are also the most common problems editors have with submitted works.
Nancy Kress -
It's a beautiful thing, the desire to help a fellow human who is maybe in a rough spot.
Uzodinma Iweala -
Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
Candace Parker -
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. Tolkien