J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well. So up you get! Come on, Mr. Frodo dear! Sam will give you a ride. Just tell him where to go, and he'll go.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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  • World
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• Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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  • You
  • Everything

• Before being a player, I was a diehard fan of Roma, so I know what the fans felt when we won.

  

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• There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed; and that you have no power.

  

  Frances McDormand
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• Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.

  

  Sally Pearson
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• I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.

  

  Gavin Newsom
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• There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge.

  

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• I think there is an army clock ticking in me. I value time. I always want to be on time. I don't complain about things, saying, 'There is no caravan here,' etc. For example, they could only arrange a tent on the location of 'Pareshanu Raa'. I understand the importance of money. I respect my work a lot. Not that I am the only one who works hard.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
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• Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.

  

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• The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

  

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• The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Man
  • Animal
  • Ignorant

• The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Experience
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• As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free cheese and dousing myself with scent in the perfume department.

  

  Zoe Tapper
  • Free
  • Myself
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• The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.

  

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• For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.

  

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• Music was sort of my thing at first.

  

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• Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.

  

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• I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.

  

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• When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars.

  

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  • People
  • Night
  • Dark

• I grew up in Lewisville, there was like 2,200 people at the time. My mother and dad grew up there, went to the same high school I did. Back then, we didn't specialize in any sport. You played football, then basketball, then baseball and ran track. It was great. We had a high school rodeo team. Why I got interested, I don't know. My uncle had a farm. Used to ride calves and horses. It was just kind of natural. Anybody that could ride, entered the rodeos.

  

  Walt Garrison
  • School
  • Team
  • Ride

• Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

  

  Abe Lemons
  • School
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• Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well. So up you get! Come on, Mr. Frodo dear! Sam will give you a ride. Just tell him where to go, and he'll go.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Ride
  • Carry
  • Frodo