J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
I knew that danger lay ahead, of course; but I did not expect to meet it in our own Shire. Can't a hobbit walk from the Water to the River in peace?" "But it is not your own Shire," said Gildor. "Others dwelt here before hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when hobbits are no more. The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.J. R. R. Tolkien
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
Barry Sanders -
I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.
Sadie Frost
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When you go on an audition it's very frightening.
Victoria Jackson -
Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.'
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People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.
Adam DeVine -
Most of our songs are about relationships.
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I'm concerned and alarmed about the images of girls and women that are broadcast every single minute.
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I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'
Kate Mara
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Peregrine Wickwrackrum was of two minds about evil: when enough rules get broken, sometimes there is good amid the carnage.
Vernor Vinge -
I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
Bev Perdue -
I don't have a home. I'm on the road, more or less.
Leon Redbone -
That's the trouble with the women's game. Those women think they're men, and they go off hitting all over the place. They'd be better off if they'd played like women.
Bobby Riggs -
If you live in a country where there is nothing comparable to free information, often literature becomes the only way to be more or less informed about what's going on.
Mario Vargas Llosa -
Not deciding is a decision. People don't realize that not making a decision is a decision in itself.
Emily V. Gordon
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The military's own report says that one-third of deaths and casualties could have been avoided if proper body armor and vehicle armor had been provided from the start of the war.
John Olver -
We are still a people in danger. And yet I urge us not to get addicted to it.
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In a decade, America's mighty rivers will have reached the boiling point.
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Even when I'm sick and depressed, I love life.
Arthur Rubinstein -
I knew that danger lay ahead, of course; but I did not expect to meet it in our own Shire. Can't a hobbit walk from the Water to the River in peace?" "But it is not your own Shire," said Gildor. "Others dwelt here before hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when hobbits are no more. The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
J. R. R. Tolkien