J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.
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You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.
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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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When you have too much scheme, sometimes it's hard to work on all the things you have to, and you can make effort the top priority of your game.
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I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task.
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The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.
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I think people get excited about someone discovering something that blew their mind when they were younger. I think it makes people kind of nostalgic and happy. That's one of the really great things about the Internet, that it can bring people together in that way of just being interested in the same stuff.
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Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I like men who have a light spirit. It's okay to be serious about your work but in everyday life it's difficult to find men who are very alive and positive. In life I like people who are cheerful.
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The centuries-old habit of privileging the male heir arose because monarchs were supposed to lead their country in battle, and only men were thought strong enough to do so.
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I don't like allegories.
