J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark could outmatch in battle.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.
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I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold rush town which sprang up in the desert after the Irishman Paddy Hannan struck gold there in 1892.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
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What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that all of humankind shares a common Creator - that we are, indeed, brothers and sisters.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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True love that lasts forever... yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves.
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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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I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie.
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Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me.
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I'm comfortable in the locker room situation, so whatever.
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The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
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What is Mona Lisa thinking? Nothing, of course. Her blankness is her menace and our fear. ... Walter Pater is to call her a 'vampire,' coasting through history on her secret tasks.
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Just think about it: in every shop in the reading world since 1956, there has been two feet of book-space devoted to Tolkien.
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Christianity is a battle not a dream.
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America has lost the moral high ground with the rest of the world, and we have fewer allies as a result. President Bush and his administration have undermined the war on terror by using tactics outlawed by international treaty and condemned by even our closest friends.
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Christ's religion needs no prop of any kind from any worldly source, and to the degree that it is thus supported is a millstone hanged about its neck.
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And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark could outmatch in battle.
