J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.J. R. R. Tolkien
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
Dan Aykroyd -
You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
Parker Posey -
I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
Oscar Isaac -
When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
G. Willow Wilson -
I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
Danica McKellar -
Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
Nathalie Sarraute
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The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.
Kailash Satyarthi -
Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
Magdi Yacoub -
As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
Barry Sternlicht -
Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
Adam Cohen -
I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
Salman Rushdie -
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
e. e. cummings
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A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.
Rafael dos Anjos -
By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
Barbara Amiel -
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
Nate Parker -
I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
Lake Bell -
I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
Karen Gillan -
We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
Zygmunt Bauman
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The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them.
Mary Steenburgen -
Would Time but await the close of our favorite follies, we should all be young men, all of us, and until Doom's Day.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
I never thought I could win the French Open.
Li Na -
Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
Fannie Flagg -
The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
J. R. R. Tolkien