J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
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Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success.
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In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.
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'Witches of East End' is certainly wild, and so are a lot of other shows these days. But 'Twin Peaks' still holds the gold medal for strange. I think we'll hang onto that for all of TV eternity!
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed.
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Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
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I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
Gail Devers -
To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a table tennis player.
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Historically, there hasn't been a significant correlation between gold prices and U.S. elections. Furthermore, history has shown that gold prices tend to fall just before U.S. elections and rise immediately after, and this goes on until the next election.
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An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a little kid, before I even knew what the World Cup tour was.
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An indigo snake leaves a lasting impression.
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On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.
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In every stock-jobbing swindle everyone knows that some time or other the crash must come, but every one hopes that it may fall on the head of his neighbour, after he himself has caught the shower of gold and placed it in safety.
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'If gold must be gold, it must pass through the furnace.'
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The true wealth of a nation consists not in the stored- up gold but in the intellectual and physical strength of its people.
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Truth is the trial of itself And needs no other touch, And purer than the purest gold, Refine it ne'er so much.
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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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But instead I kept my tears inside,cause I knew if I,started I'd keep crying for the rest of my life with you,I finally built up the strength to walk away,don't regret it,but I still live with the side effects.
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I've always had this commitment to not being in one thing.
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Sadly I don't work well under restrictions. I need to forget the world and its rules and laws in order to enter the dreamlike flow of the fictional world. So I may be in some bad trouble.
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I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
