J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
If you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite so many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world there are a terrible number of poor and starving people.J. R. R. Tolkien
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
Barbara Bush -
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali -
I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
Harold Pinter -
The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
Federica Montseny -
Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
Zara Phillips -
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Baltasar Gracian
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
Patrick Duffy -
I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
Felicity Kendal -
I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
Dan Gilbert -
I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
Eddi Reader -
We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
Ted Engstrom -
All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
Carlos Castaneda
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
Karl Liebknecht -
Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
Larry Flynt -
People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
Waris Ahluwalia -
The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries.
Naveen Jain -
You have to open up on stage.
Karen O -
I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out.
Ian Frazier
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It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people.
Olivier Martinez -
The hours Facebook users put into their profiles and lists and updates is the labor that Facebook then sells to the market researchers and advertisers it serves.
Douglas Rushkoff -
A smart man isn't necessarily one who knows all the answers, but knows where to find them.
Kenny Rogers -
I have a memory of this experience when I was young, watching 'Stop Making Sense,' the Talking Heads concert movie, which is one of the best concert movies ever, and I saw it in a full house in New Zealand, and everyone was cheering between songs, and you really felt like you were part of the audience at the gig.
David MacKenzie -
I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, 'I can do this.'
James Van Der Beek -
If you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite so many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world there are a terrible number of poor and starving people.
J. R. R. Tolkien