J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
The washing-up was so dismally real that Bilbo was forced to believe the party of the night before had not been part of his bad dreams, as he had rather hoped.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
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I've been an actor now since freshman year of college, so it's 11 or 12 years.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.
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I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.
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I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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The Wahhabists are the boogeymen, the guys who will chop the head off any American they catch. And they will destroy Iraq without a second thought if they believe that the instability will benefit them.
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Love fades. Love does, no matter what we believe. All that’s left are the what-ifs.
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In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.
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The washing-up was so dismally real that Bilbo was forced to believe the party of the night before had not been part of his bad dreams, as he had rather hoped.
