J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.
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When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.
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One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
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It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.
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It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.
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I'm a very independent woman.
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I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.
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Men are my bread and butter. It's what I live for! I have no shame about that.
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I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.
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To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but to the media, the tech boom was yesterday's story.
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Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.
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It's amazing how a truly great songwriter can touch anyone in the world with their words.
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If you're sufficiently tenacious and interested, you can accomplish what you want to accomplish in this world.
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A month before the season, I don't order fries with my club sandwich.
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The world is not in your books and maps, it's out there.
