J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Thank you, Sam," he said in a cracked whisper. "How far is there to go?" I don't know," said Sam, "because I don't know where we're going.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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As biologists, we contemplate with admiration and awe the wondrous array of sophisticated cell interactions and recognitions evolved in the T cell immune system, which must be a model for other similarly complex biological systems of highly differentiated organisms.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.
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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles – normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy.
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You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living.
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I am the hero of Africa.
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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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The field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their hands extended for money, warning that immortality is nigh; and would-be Nobelists working methodically in laboratories in search of a pill to slow ageing.
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Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.
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In politics, guts is all.
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It's pain that changes our lives.
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Thank you, Sam," he said in a cracked whisper. "How far is there to go?" I don't know," said Sam, "because I don't know where we're going.
