J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
At my age I'm exactly the kind of person who has lived through one of the most quickly changing periods known to history. Surely there could never be in seventy years so much change.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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When someone saves your life and gives you life, there's gratitude, humility; there's a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn't deserve.
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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
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Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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I think voters want somebody who understands their problems. You're right that they don't expect the president to fix everything. When he's wrestling with Congress and Wall Street and the rest of the world, they hope he'll be looking at things from their vantage point.
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Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside.
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I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the best man at my mom's first wedding! And my brother's mother - my dad's first wife - is the sister to my mom's first husband's second wife. So my brothers are both stepcousins and stepbrothers. It's very '70s rock.
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Anyone who is afraid to lose isn't ready to win.
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At some point in our lives there's something about every one of us that makes us feel like an outsider, I believe.
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I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.
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Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
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I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.
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My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.
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I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.
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I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.
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At my age I'm exactly the kind of person who has lived through one of the most quickly changing periods known to history. Surely there could never be in seventy years so much change.
