J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and strive for patience, if you can.

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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.
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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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High school is the time to find yourself and to explore with fashion and create your own identity.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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The fact is that Superman isn't around because he is the oldest superhero. He's still around because he is a great superhero. He's the guy that spawned the entire genre, and that didn't happen because it was a mediocre idea.
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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.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.
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I was never the girl in high school who had a boyfriend for years. My longest relationship has been 18 months. I've thought maybe I'm really superficial and unable to have a relationship. What I've found is that people are attracted by my independence, and then they try to squelch it.
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I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.
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But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas.
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I just enjoy working with really wonderful actors and amazing creative people and I hope to keep doing that, no matter where.
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I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas.
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Even today I am not ashamed to say that, overpowered by stormy enthusiasm, I fell down on my knees and thanked Heaven from an overflowing heart for granting me the good fortune of being permitted to live at this time.
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Can the child within my heart rise above Can I sail through the changing ocean tides Can I handle the seasons of my life Well, I've been afraid of changing 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you get bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too.
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Those who know in their hearts that they are not really necessary -- and are entirely replaceable-- must inevitably be tempted to misrepresent the nature of their work and build up a false notion of its importance. A further alienation from truth takes place, a further loss of contact with reality. And one thing we can be sure of is that self-deception, whether on the level of the wind and the rain or on that of spiritual reality, must always come up against the real sooner or later, and that its destruction is very painful.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and strive for patience, if you can.