J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Being a cult figure in one's own lifetime I am afraid is not at all pleasant. However I do not find that it tends to puff one up: in my case at any rate it makes me feel extremely small and inadequate. But even the nose of a very modest idol cannot remain entirely untickled by the sweet smell of incense.
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At some hotels, I feel like I have to be dressed to the nines - perfectly eccentric - to walk out the door.
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My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
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Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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Everybody is a teenage idol.
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A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.
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There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.
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I don't diet, I don't do fads, I've just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and pasta for the month. I can't live without chocolate, though. I've always got a bar in my handbag. It has to be 72%. Any less and it's too sweet, any more and it's inedible. Like I said, I'm very particular.
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I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that.
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I think Paris smells not just sweet but melancholy and curious, sometimes sad but always enticing and seductive. She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.
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My secret with kale is to add lots of sweet or sharp flavours to offset some of that grassy intensity.
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I'm the type of person who won't cancel a show even if I don't feel my best.
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What we feel most comfortable doing is playing loud, screaming rock songs.
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When I was around Bowie, I was nearing the bottom. When we were touring together, I looked at him as a kind of big-brother figure and I also looked at him as somebody I had a lot of respect for. The age and the period he's at in his life, I'd like to be there some day. He has a kind of content peace about him that's something to shoot for.
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People tend to look great if they feel great.
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Fuck the Da Vinci Code! It's the teapot code.
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Being a cult figure in one's own lifetime I am afraid is not at all pleasant. However I do not find that it tends to puff one up: in my case at any rate it makes me feel extremely small and inadequate. But even the nose of a very modest idol cannot remain entirely untickled by the sweet smell of incense.
