J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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I normally wear Stuart Weitzman or Kors Michael Kors.
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I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.
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I don't think there's any show comparable to 'Game of Thrones' in terms of the way it does the fantasy element to such a high standard: everything is created with so much care and detail. You really feel like you are transported into this entirely other fictional place.
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America, I know the road will be long, but I know we can get there. Yes, we will stumble, but I know we’ll get back up. That’s how a movement happens. That’s how history bends. That's how when somebody is faint of heart, somebody else brings them along and says, come on, we’re marching.
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Unless physical action reflects psychic action, unless the deeds express the person, I get very bored with adventure stories; often it seems that the more action there is, the less happens.
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Weather in Afghanistan, 2000 degrees and cloudy. What the fuck am I doing? I'm stuck on the weather channel. AHHH!
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So this is the difference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.
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Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.
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Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool I'll be fed
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Science has adapted itself entirely to the wealthy classes and accordingly has set itself to heal those who can afford everything, and it prescribes the same methods for those who have nothing to spare.
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Dennis surfed. I couldn't surf. I never learned how.
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'I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong again.' p76
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Ow! Have mercy on my little Tulane She's too alive to try to live alone And I know her needs And although she loves me She's gonna try to make it While the poor boy's gone Somebody should tell her to live And I'll understand it And even love her more When I come back home
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You are not your thoughts, and you are not the product of your thoughts.
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Every 16-year-old person has a love for pop in them because pop is popular.
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I don't believe that heavy strings make it all that much bigger-sounding. If anything, it can mess up your fingers, and you can get tendonitis, which is not cool.
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From the time I read my first Hemingway work, The Sun Also Rises, as a student at Soldan High School in St. Louis, I was struck with an affliction common to my generation: Hemingway Awe.
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Above all shadows rides the sun.
