J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
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The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work.
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The honest truth is no, I don't feel like I arrived. I don't feel like I'm worthy. My publicist says I'm not supposed to say that, but I don't feel I'm there yet.
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I have written stories since I was a child.
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God help us if we ever take the theater out of the auction business or anything else. It would be an awfully boring world.
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...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.
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Many people say they're looking for love, yet they're actually committed to never finding it. Many people would really rather not know the true scars and triumphs of the person who lies in their arms.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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You are strangely troublesome.
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Be to yourself as you would to your friend.
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Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's life in space-time colored his liberated life of the imagination.
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Love is the most potent cosmetic.
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I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming.
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When I make my entrance to the ring or give someone a high-five, I want them to feel happy and always remember that moment.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
