J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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Neural implants could accomplish things no external interface could: Virtual and augmented reality with all five senses; augmentation of human memory, attention, and learning speed; even multi-sense telepathy - sharing what we see, hear, touch, and even perhaps what we think and feel with others.
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Unless you have a real passion for making movies, then don't bother. I had to carry energy and light into every meeting, only to be told, 'We don't want you.' I couldn't take it personally. You just have to wait, and live for those moments when the casting director likes you.
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Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.
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I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.
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There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.
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I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show.
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As soon as they're out of your sight, you are out of their mind.
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The second half of the 20th century was a golden age of molecular biology, and it was one of the golden ages of the history of science. Molecular biology was so successful and made such a powerful alliance with the medical scientists that the two together just flourished. And they continue to flourish.
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I don't give up easily. I have plans to be around for a while.
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Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.
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Given the central role of effective, firmwide risk management in maintaining strong financial institutions, it is clear that supervisors must redouble their efforts to help organizations improve their risk-management practices...We are also considering the need for additional or revised supervisory guidance regarding various aspects of risk management, including further emphasis on the need for an enterprise-wide perspective when assessing risk.
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Let the dream go. Are there not other dreams In vastness of clouds hid from thy sight That yet shall gild with beautiful gold gleams, And shoot the shadows through and through with light? What matters one lost vision of the night? Let the dream go!
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And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.
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We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.
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Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
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It must be thoroughly understood that the lost land will never be won back by solemn appeals to the God, nor by hopes in any League of Nations, but only by the force of arms.
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It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.
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The Jewish people have to get rid of their fears so they see the positive things and they need to dare to look at the world through their Judaism.
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
