J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.
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I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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I am a Muslim. I am born to Muslim parents. I have a Muslim son. I have been imprisoned and witnessed torture for my previous understanding of my religion.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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Death and I are head to head in a total collision, pure and mutual distaste.
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Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
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But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.
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Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless.
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My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.
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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
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Success will be when I can have a real swimming pool instead of the fifty-dollar one I buy at Kmart every year. But I don't want to get robbed of any authenticity to try and make money.
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There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?
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'Kit Kittredge' was an amazing experience because I got to go to Canada, and it was my first 'era' film, so I got to wear the 1930s clothes, the real vintage clothes.
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'Extract' was kind of a grown up 'Office Space' in the sense of talking about the ennui of being a successful person in America if you don't have some real passion in your life for something to care about.
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Bombing, particularly from the perspective of the receiving end, is not 'communication.' Bombs result in death and destruction.
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London had so much death in its history, it was hard to find a spot without spirits. They formed a safety net. Still, you had to hope the ones you got were good.
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There's no real side to be on because I think it was a mess.
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Something about that whole process of building the structure of that game turned into a real kind of lightbulb moment for me as a writer.
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I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I like strong women. I'm very interested in futuristic stuff, anything.
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The studios knew how to build a star, and they knew what to do with you. They also taught you everything.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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The phrasing didn't work as well.
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But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.
