J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.

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• I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

  

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• In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.

  

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• If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

  

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• Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

  

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• High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.

  

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• In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

  

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• South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.

  

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• A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.

  

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• There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!

  

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• It is not always them that has the most that makes the most show.

  

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• Facebook and Instagram are spiritual brothers.

  

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• In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

  

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• To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

  

  J. P. Donleavy
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• I do not have a family, per se. When I was younger, I grew up in foster care with my brother and sister. It was really a struggle, and knowing that there were people out there with tight-knit families really made my childhood an unfortunate one.

  

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• By Numbers here from Shame or Censure free,All Crimes are safe, but hated Poverty.This, only this, the rigid Law persues,This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse.

  

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• The Seventies theory explosion i.e., Literary theory, deconstruction, etc. was a panic reaction by headlocked pedants unable to cope with the emotional and sensory flux of the Sixties. It was a desperate search for new authority, new dogma.

  

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• 'You will be very welcome,' answered Dorothy, 'for you will help to keep away the other wild beasts. It seems to me they must be more cowardly than you are if they allow you to scare them so easily.' 'They really are,' said the Lion, 'but that doesn't make me any braver, and as long as I know myself to be a coward I shall be unhappy.'

  

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• My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!

  

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• Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt.

  

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• People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.

  

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• Du fond de l'ombre où nous sommes et où vous êtes, vous ne voyez pas beaucoup plus distinctement que nous les radieuses et lointaines portes de l'éden. Seulement les prêtres se trompent. Ces portes saintes ne sont pas derrière nous, mais devant nous.

  

  Victor Hugo

• After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Truth
  • I Believe
  • Discovered