J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
Garth Brooks -
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
Gary Sherman -
The goal must be to expand ourselves beyond one field of focus and use our improved access to information to solve the very real and extreme economic, environmental, and resource challenges we face as an interconnected, global society.
Naveen Jain -
I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
Orhan Pamuk
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The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, is smelling up the place a constitutionally protected form of expression?
Calvin Trillin -
Committing unnecessary surgeries is very, very rare. And it's very wrong.
H. G. Bissinger -
Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.
V. E. Schwab -
A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.
B. C. Forbes -
When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.
Barack Obama -
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.
Ian Hislop
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
Nathan Myhrvold -
An injured lion still wants to roar.
Randy Pausch -
At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when I grew up. Then I realized what an actor was, and I've gravitated to it ever since.
Finn Jones -
I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.
Usain Bolt -
'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is.
Joe Bastianich -
I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that work phase in my life.
Colleen Atwood
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I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to renew your contract and have you be our lead reporter here, but we're not going to have you anchor.'
Elizabeth Vargas -
I know that I'm never as good or bad as any single performance. I've never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
Charles Barkley -
We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.
Randi Weingarten -
A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
Olga Kurylenko -
Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
Dan Ariely -
A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.
J. R. R. Tolkien