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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  Vincent Bugliosi
  • World
  • American
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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

• 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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  • Book
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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.

  

  Barbara Park
  • Believe
  • Children
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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
  • Time
  • Work
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• The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Business
  • Challenges

• 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
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• 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
  • Story
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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.

  

  Ferdinand Buisson
  • Time
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• Music was sort of my thing at first.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • Music
  • First
  • Sort

• Not being a genius, I believe in collaboration, and my background as a problem solver means I've never been afraid to work with people cleverer than myself.

  

  Daniel Barber
  • People
  • Work
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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.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Good
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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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• I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.

  

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  • Life
  • Love
  • Try

• I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
  • Home
  • Company
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• Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.

  

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  • Time
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• There is always something of the writer in the work but I don't think Melville had to be swallowed by a whale to write a great novel. If I had lived the lives of all the characters of the songs I've written, that would truly be an extraordinary story.

  

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• It's been a good ride. Queen is the train that never stops, I think.

  

  Roger Taylor Queen
  • Musicians
  • Queen
  • Ride

• I've got bruises and scratches and all kinds of stuff. Sometimes they don't go away. I'm still feeling stuff from last year. That's how it is. When you play so many games, things carry over. Normally, after the season, it takes three or four weeks before you're back to feeling normal.

  

  Eddy Curry
  • Play
  • Stuff
  • Season

• Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Experience
  • Pain
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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