J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
In such 'fantasy', as it is called, new form is made; Faerie begins; Man becomes a sub-creator.J. R. R. Tolkien
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
Hal Sparks -
There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
Jackie Earle Haley -
We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
Walter Lippmann -
The turkey has a destiny which ends on San Martino's day.
Waverley Lewis Root -
Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made. I never thought I would actually call him my boss, let alone meet Mick Jagger or have any reason to say my name in the same sentence as his.
Olivia Wilde -
I haven't watched that much TV, to be honest. To be honest, I don't watch that many films anymore - partly because I don't have time; secondly, because I watch a lot of sports, and I love watching sports.
Mads Mikkelsen
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My grandma passed in '78, and that's the year I started recording. It's also the year that my dad retired from his career. So it's funny how torches get passed on, and you feel a responsibility to be connected to the music that they did and try to carry it on in your own way.
Carlene Carter -
The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
Tania Raymonde -
The one who turns his back on the world and its comforts and, sets out on the path that leads to the Beloved has to face countless difficulties. But he brakes them all for the sake of the Beloved.
Dada Vaswani -
I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
Magic Johnson -
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
H. G. Wells -
I gravitate to whatever looks good on me and whatever maakes me feel sexy.
Octavia Spencer
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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
Camille Paglia -
My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
Gavin DeGraw -
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.
Taiye Selasi -
Where older religions promised heaven, the church of yoga promises quicker, more practical, earthly gratification, in the form of better heart rates and well-toned arms.
Hanna Rosin -
He saw a tree in a backyard, its branches tortured among electric wires and clotheslines, its leaves dry and shriveled before they were fully out. Low in the sky, dark clouds heralded the storm.
Gabrielle Roy -
so the countess passed on until she came through the little park, where Niobe presented her with a cabinet, and so departed.
T. S. Eliot
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I hate the PC, with a passion.
Larry Ellison -
Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them.
Boy George Culture Club -
The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.
Florence Scovel Shinn -
I don't think we'd be the business that we are today if we were spread out in the suburban areas.
Dan Gilbert -
People tend to think of gentrification in terms of race because it's presented that way, and I think it's presented that way because in poor cities that's what's really going on. Beyond that, I think it's presented that way as a way for the people who are really pushing it to make it just a black problem, so people don't care.
Killer Mike -
In such 'fantasy', as it is called, new form is made; Faerie begins; Man becomes a sub-creator.
J. R. R. Tolkien