J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
In such 'fantasy', as it is called, new form is made; Faerie begins; Man becomes a sub-creator.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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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.
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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.
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The turkey has a destiny which ends on San Martino's day.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
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No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
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I gravitate to whatever looks good on me and whatever maakes me feel sexy.
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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.
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My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Because of the way I'm built, I constantly have to strengthen. This is sort of a ritual: I put on my tights first, and right when I'm about to put on my costume, I get down on the floor, and I plank.
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In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god: everybody worships him and nobody does his will.
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If you get rid of all these giveaways and loopholes and deductions and credits, then you can sharply lower the rates.
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It's hard to say what an album is about - because each one is usually about a lot of things to me, but then I hope it also can mean a lot of different things to someone else. That's the beautiful thing about music.
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I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.
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In such 'fantasy', as it is called, new form is made; Faerie begins; Man becomes a sub-creator.
