J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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You're dealing with all these foreign agents, foreign brushes, and different time zones. So, you have to put just as much work into taking that makeup off as you do into putting it on.

Paloma Elsesser
- Time
- Work
- Different
He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.

Jack Nicklaus
- Learn
- Talent
- Dedication
I moved about 45 minutes from West Hollywood, and I live surrounded by nature and the wilderness, but I constantly find myself walking around, like in the commercial, saying, 'Can you hear me now?'

Olga Fonda
- Live
- Nature
- Myself
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.

Wendell Pierce
- Why
- Always
- Mad
Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.

Maeve Binchy
- Life
- Real
- Always
Self-doubt kills talent.

Edie McClurg
- Doubt
- Talent
- Self-Doubt