J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
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You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competition, so they either want you or they don't want you, and it's not that they wanted someone else over you.
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Definitely just growing up in general influenced me; Detroit happened to be where I was. I feel like the city definitely has made an impact on my life and made me who I am. Detroit has an unmistakable soul - nobody can duplicate the soul we bring to the game. From Motown to J Dilla to Eminem to anything.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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On occasion, I like to reread my grandfather's letters. While leafing through them, I'm saddened by what is being lost in modern communication. Soul-baring sentimentality isn't typically poured into text messages, tweets and emails. All too often, personal connections are brushed aside for the sake of convenience in a fast-paced world.
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Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
