J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.
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Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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I used to do all my programming on a BBC computer. It was limited to 16 tracks, and you used the keyboard, not a mouse, to input, but I was using it so long, I got quite fast at it.
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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I grew up in New York.
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I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.
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India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.
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I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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It is faith that looks up at the creator God and knows him to be the God of love. And it is faith that looks out at the world with the longing to bring that love to bear in healing reconciliation, and hope.
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To a child, and to an adult, too, what you discover by yourself, or what you think you discover by yourself, is what stays.
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We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.
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I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.
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I'm not even allowed to take a notebook and a pen with me into the court.
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Every morning I wake up and think good, another 24 hours' pipe-smoking.
