J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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When I go back to New York all these years later, I'll walk down Seventh Avenue, and I'll hear, 'Yo, Oz!' In New York, I get recognized for that all the time.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Don't trust anyone over 30.
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My health is fine.
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The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a rule for the convenience of a particular time like a rule at a country club as the Governor would have us believe.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.
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All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas!
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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I'm one of those tall, lanky, awkward kids.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.
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How can you beat someone that's already lost everything?
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In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where societal need is greatest, and to allow trade-offs between alternative uses.
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We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world.
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You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.
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They talk as if England were not in Europe.
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It's one thing getting the job of Doctor Who, which is wonderful. And then the next thing they say to you is, 'We're going to announce it live on television!' And you think, 'That's not exactly what I thought I was signing up for!'
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At the end, there was some unbelievable plays. It really took my breath away.
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Now The Beatles are four separate people, we don't have the impact we had when we were together.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
