J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.

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• But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.

  

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• However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.

  

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• There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

  

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• World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.

  

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• I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.

  

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• My brain is just so busy. I'm inattentive; I'm a daydreamer: the space cadet kind.

  

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• For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.

  

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• If you're missing three or four limbs, you have special challenges going forward. And the last thing you want is to not be independent in your home.

  

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• The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.

  

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• You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.

  

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• I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.

  

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• Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.

  

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• Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

  

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• A blowtorch is a wonderful thing. You can get one of those for about 25 bucks at Home Depot. And there's a ton of things that you can use a blowtorch for, in browning a steak or touching up the browning of a chicken or making creme brulee.

  

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• This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Mountain
  • Flowers
  • Devours