J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.
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Tell the truth.
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I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.
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Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.
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I used to say to my bubbe, 'Bubbe, is this story true?' And she'd say, 'Of course it's true! But it may not have happened.' What my bubbe was saying is profound: All stories are true. The truth is the journey you take through it - did it make you laugh, cry, seek and want justice? Then it's true.
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As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
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Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect.
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The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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Attributing to anything or anyone more good than God has attributed to them is not a positive move, nor does it mean that you have done them any good. A single grain of truth is preferable to a bumper harvest of false imaginings.
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You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
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If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.
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There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.
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I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.
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There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.
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Regardless of theology or however you see life or relate to worshiping God, as an artist, my job is to tell the truth and then try to connect with these characters and people as honestly and deeply as possible.
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But truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love.
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I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I wanted to get even. Now I had a weapon, photography.
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I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.
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If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.
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With a historical setting, I worry about accuracy at every turn... With a created world, I have to worry about all of it holding together and seeming coherent... Each presents unique challenges and opportunities.
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There (in the Soviet Union) it was a science. In order to be a coach, you had to study in school.
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After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth'.
