J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.J. R. R. Tolkien
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
J. C. Watts -
As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
Vance McAllister -
Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging output, to a contraction of labour supply.
Edmund Phelps -
I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
Vince Carter -
As to each of us, the knowledge that we are here but briefly and a nonnegotiable limit is set to our expected time may even be necessary as the incentive to number our days and make them count.
Hans Jonas
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
Sam Bradford -
I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
Malik Jackson -
All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.
Olivia De Havilland -
Anytime something eats too much of my life, I kill it.
Paige Craig -
Legolas in 'Lord Of The Rings' was sent as a bridge from his people into the world of dwarves and humans and wizards and everything else.
Orlando Bloom -
There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
Cameron Dallas
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Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.
Wendell Mayes -
The sun in his golden chariot had driven almost to the last meadow of the sky.
Tanith Lee -
Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart?
Yoko Ono -
We study the glory of God, and the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously fight, without seeking our own interests... I profess I could never satisfy myself on the justness of this war, but from the authority of the parliament to maintain itself in its rights; and in this cause I hope to prove myself an honest man and single-hearted.
Oliver Cromwell -
Poe is a kind of Hawthorne and delirium tremens.
Leslie Stephen -
Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
Elizabeth Taylor
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I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten mine.
Laurie Graham -
I remember my father taking us to meeting with lawyers, interviews with immigration officers, doing everything he could to get us that treasured Green Card - and the happiness, the sense of relief, when he finally did - we knew that we were welcome now, and we would be welcome tomorrow.
Dara Khosrowshahi -
The Right likes to think that intellectuals and academics like Allan Bloom and Dinesh D'Souza spurred the explosive growth of movement conservatism in the 1980s and 1990s, when it was actually mostly Rush Limbaugh.
Alex Pareene -
You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty.
Donald Glover -
Somehow the killing of the giant spider, all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the wizard or the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins. He felt a different person, and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.
J. R. R. Tolkien