J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
If only that dratted wizard would leave young Frodo alone, perhaps he'll settle down and grow some hobbit-sense,' they said. And to all appearance the wizard did leave Frodo alone, and he did settle down, but the growth of hobbit-sense was not very noticable.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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If somebody has too much stress about their appearance, they can overcome their inferiority complex through surgery.
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I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.
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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.
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What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of the air, in the lengthening of the days, in the very sounds and odors of the sweet time, that caresses us and consoles us after the rigorous weeks of winter.
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As a performer, I'm constantly fascinated with the idea of being able to know what anybody else's experience is, and how misleading all informatives, like appearance, can be.
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Burn pedants in pale fire. Accept no fashions. Be your own fashion. Do not rely on earlier triumphs. Be new at each appearance.
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Woman is essentially unpeaceful, like the cat, however well she may have trained herself to present an appearance of peace.
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To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.
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So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.
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Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.
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Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them.
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It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.
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Every human can be a wizard.
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The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one.
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Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.
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I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started playing in groups I did a silly thing and dropped it. It's great if you can write things down.
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The arts objectify subjective reality, and subjectify outward experience of nature. Art education is the education of feeling, and a society that neglects it gives itself up to formless emotion. Bad art is corruption of feeling.
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If only that dratted wizard would leave young Frodo alone, perhaps he'll settle down and grow some hobbit-sense,' they said. And to all appearance the wizard did leave Frodo alone, and he did settle down, but the growth of hobbit-sense was not very noticable.
