J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.
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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong with each other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.
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I just never subscribed to the theory that at age 55, you fall off the face of the earth on the Tour. I always felt that was too young of an age for that.
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I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
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Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.
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The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.
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Music enables me to cleanse and shed the things that I feel are holding me back from growing, or growing up.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
