J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting.
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When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
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To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.
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The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
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If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.
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The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
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Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers.
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I've learned to treat celebrities as equals and just kind of meet them and admire their work, but I definitely could not breathe when I met Johnny Depp and James Franco.
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I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
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My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.
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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
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People who think that they are being 'exploited' should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people would say: 'Good riddance?'
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In retrospect, the most unnerving aspect of being openly gay was that it turned out to be as disappointingly normal as being straight.
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We woke up when we heard the rain, but we didn't think there was any danger. Then this big oak tree fell on the tent.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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In general I saw my job as the first president whose full term would be served after the Cold War in a global information society where we were interdependent but not integrated. And therefore, we were vulnerable to the worst, and able to seize the best, of what's going on in the world.
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What course am I to take? Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.
