J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Elves say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
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I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
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New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.
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Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.
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As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.
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Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.
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I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
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The third day, I knew it was over. But I tried to make it last for three months.
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We should not underestimate the harm it would bring should it be published.
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Seymour once said that all we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of Holy Ground to the next.
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Please ask Congressmen whether their candidates are in favour of running illegal butcher houses? Do they want to protect the hapless animals or the butchers?
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My distraction's my defense against this lack of inspirationAgainst this slow deflationYeah the further the horizonThe more it holds my gazeThe foreground's out of focus but you know I kinda hope it's just a phaseJust a phase.
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Existence is illusory and it is eternal.
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'The Hateful Eight' is like theatre.
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Immigrants have always come into the country with low levels of education. Whether it's the Irish or Italian or Polish, here is the land of opportunity. It's where people come in at the bottom and build themselves up. To try to bring in people who have already made it is un-American.
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Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.
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Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.
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I read every one of the books on the shelf marked American Negro Literature. I became a nationalist, a colour nationalist, through the writings of men and women who lived a world away from me.
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I knew a girl so ugly that she was known as a two-bagger. That's when you put a bag over your head in case the bag over her head breaks.
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I'm not the sexy girl. I'm more youthful and innocent, the girl who wears jeans and T-shirts and sneakers. But fans have accepted that I'm a tomboy. There's a different group of people who find that attractive.
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I am a gourmand. I like to eat. When I have something that I like, I tend to have too much of it. That is a guilty pleasure.
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A good photograph, like a good painting, speaks with a loud voice and demands time and attention if it is to be fully perceived. An art lover is perfectly willing to hang a painting on a wall for years on end, but ask him to study a single photograph for ten unbroken minutes and he’ll think it’s a waste of time. Staying power is difficult to build into a photograph. Mostly, it takes content. A good photograph can penetrate the subconscious – but only if it is allowed to speak for however much time it needs to get there.
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I must indeed abide the Doom of Men whether I will or nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Numenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Elves say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive.
