J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.
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Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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I'm not keen on cars and motorbikes. I tried to be a biker, but it wasn't me - I bought a Harley-Davidson and dumped it.
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Don’t blurt out your theme. Let it emerge from the story.
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I have two homes, like someone who leaves their hometown and/or parents and then establishes a life elsewhere. They might say that they're going home when they return to see old friends or parents, but then they go home as well when they go to where they live now. Sarajevo is home, Chicago is home.
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I'm not really a partier, in general. I've definitely learned that that's probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time.
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
