J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.
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In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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Successful givers secure their oxygen masks before coming to the assistance of others. Although their motives may be less purely altruistic, their actions prove more altruistic, because they give more.
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Creativity for me is religious.
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Got bitches on my jock out in East Detroit, cause they think that I'm a motherfucking Beastie Boy.
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There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw.
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I think The Police made five great records and then called it a day. They went out on top.
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He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
