J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
Nancy Sinatra
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
Owain Yeoman
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
Olly Murs
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We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.
Carlos Alazraqui
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When I see other working actresses that are brown, I get so excited. I get so excited when I see Zoe Kravitz, Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson, Ava Duvernay, and all these beautiful women working.
Kat Graham
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Good material is good material.
J. K. Simmons
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You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.
Pablo Sandoval
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With social media, you don't just publish a book and figure you've done your part; your fans want to talk to you, have a conversation. It means, though, that you can connect with your readers like never before, so you don't have to guess what they like - you can ask.
W. Bruce Cameron
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There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
Carlos Santana
Santana
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I don't believe that employers should have access to an employee's private passwords, including Facebook.
Larry Bucshon
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When you do well in a movie that's seen as really great, you're revitalized for six weeks.
Hank Azaria
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First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.
Gaines Adams
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We used to have a tax in this country called the Estate Tax, which was very popular, because it's a tax on very, very, very rich fucks who die. And people thought, 'That's a good person to tax.' And that is a good person to tax! Because rich fucks who die should give away their money, or else they give it to their ne'er-do-well kid who becomes Uday Hussein.
Bill Maher
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Adaptations, especially movie musicals, are really hard to do.
Marc Platt
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For food to be romantic, it should be light. Too many times people plan a romantic meal, and the food is too heavy.
Jose Andres
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Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.
Brian Tracy
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After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years.
Paul Auster
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. Tolkien
