J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities.J. R. R. Tolkien
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
Natalie Portman -
One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
Karen Mills -
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.
Padma Lakshmi -
I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
Garrett Clayton -
There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
Kabir Bedi
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
Carice van Houten -
Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.
Olive Schreiner -
I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
Adam Gopnik -
I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
Captain Beefheart -
The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
Frances O'Grady -
I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
Kailash Kher
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Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better.
Natasha Trethewey -
I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
Carli Lloyd -
I never thought I was going to leave the trap. I even told my mother, 'I'm gonna be the trap God.'
Fetty Wap -
Travel is so important in its capacity to expand the mind. It's exciting to start as young as possible - you get to see how other cultures live, challenge your senses, and try different cuisines.
Natalie Dormer -
It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathize with a villain.
Jack Gleeson -
Somehow, I realized I could write books about black characters who reflected my own experiences or otherworldly experiences - not just stories of history, poverty and oppression.
Tananarive Due
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Il ne faut jamaisVendre la peau de l'ours qu'on ne l'ait mis par terre.
Jean de La Fontaine -
I have no idea how I'm perceived in America because I don't live the reality of America.
Monica Bellucci -
I've had a fantastic life so far; I'm lucky. I'd like the great role that changes everything, but at the moment, what's important is being happy in myself.
Max Beesley Incognito -
I have seen it stated that no expert is quick enough to run over a dog; that a dog is always able to skip out of his way. I think that that may be true; but I think that the reason he couldn't run over the dog was because he was trying to. I did not try to run over any dog. But I ran over every dog that came along.
Mark Twain -
He'd believe anything provided it's not in Holy Scripture.
Douglas Feaver -
Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities.
J. R. R. Tolkien