J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
'It's a gift!' he said. He was referring to his art, and also to the result; but he was using the word quite literally.J. R. R. Tolkien
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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.
Ian MacKaye -
You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
Sally Schneider -
We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
Ingrid Betancourt -
In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
Nancy Pelosi -
I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
Camille Paglia
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
J. Michael Straczynski -
The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
Vaclav Klaus -
My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
Valerie Bertinelli -
I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
Imelda Marcos -
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
Jack Nicklaus -
Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
Randy West
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
Barbara Olson -
I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
Dan Marino -
I surrender to my directors. I do that because I respect them immensely. In fact, a director's talent scares me. I admit that they're more intelligent than me, and I submit to that, as an assistant director does. Even when I have suggestions to make, I don't state them strongly.
Vijay Sethupathi -
Great musicians, you don't just hear them, you feel them. When I listen to Randy Rhoads, I feel every note. I learned a lot from him.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
Vicente Fox -
I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.
Adam Baldwin
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Between the ages of twenty and fifty, John Doe spends some twenty thousand hours chewing and swallowing food, more than eight hundred days and nights of steady eating. The mere contemplation of this fact is upsetting enough.
M. F. K. Fisher -
I would say the connection between art and science is very tenuous for me. It's just that I'm interested in both. I don't think that my interest in art affects the kind of science that I do.
Janna Levin -
We have no physical model of this endless rhythm of individuation and involvement, we do have its image in the world of art, most purely in dance.
Susanne Langer -
Republicans today have given the country conservatism in the spirit of Sarah Palin, whose ignorance about the world, contempt for expertise, and raw appeals to white identity politics presaged Trump's incendiary campaign.
George Packer -
If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to draw dividends from defeat.
William Moulton Marston -
'It's a gift!' he said. He was referring to his art, and also to the result; but he was using the word quite literally.
J. R. R. Tolkien