J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
Quotes to Explore
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If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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Friends are not made, but recognized.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him.
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I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.
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Christ didn't choose the rich to preach the doctrine; he choose 12 poor ignorant workers - that is, he chose the proletariat of the times.
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I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.
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There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives.
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All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought.
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Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids.
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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
