J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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He who hesitates is a damned fool.
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I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.
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I would think that other people could see if you had other talents. I grew and expanded from the Elly May role. I was doing real estate and personal appearances and kept my foot in the door.
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Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
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A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.
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If I could have done anything more, it would have been less.
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Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth. Motherf--. I, will, not, lose.
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You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.
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Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.
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John Wooden has been a vital force in the lives of many with his inspirational messages. He represents all the elements necessary to be a winner in the Game of Life, which makes him the perfect person to write this book filled with lessons. Coach Wooden has been a mentor to people in every walk of life.
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You know what I will do sometimes? I'll let my phone die... and I will say, 'You know what, I'm not lying, my phone died.'
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Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.
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You've got to understand that everything has its time. I had wonderful years as a boxer, I achieved everything. I dont miss anything.
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My political science degree is always on the back-burner. I took my LSAT, so even if I want to take the LSAT again, I know what I'm getting into. I'll keep it on the back-burner. Who knows, maybe with my popularity, I can have a career in politics with a law degree. I think it'll work out either way.
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Geometry is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind.
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Much of the research into humans' risk-avoidance machinery shows that it is antiquated and unfit for the modern world; it is made to counter repeatable attacks and learn from specifics. If someone narrowly escapes being eaten by a tiger in a certain cave, then he learns to avoid that cave.
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Woman's world is her husband, her family, her children and her home. We do not find it right when she presses into the world of men.
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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
