J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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To have the regard of one's peers is immensely moving.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
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Western films don't do very well in India.
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Every day I do something that freaks me out.
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What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers discover our characters and allow them to become real.
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War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
