J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.J. R. R. Tolkien
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
Dan Aykroyd -
You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
Parker Posey -
I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
Oscar Isaac -
When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
G. Willow Wilson -
I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
Danica McKellar -
Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
Nathalie Sarraute
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The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.
Kailash Satyarthi -
Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
Magdi Yacoub -
As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
Barry Sternlicht -
Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
Adam Cohen -
I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
Salman Rushdie -
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
e. e. cummings
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A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.
Rafael dos Anjos -
By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
Barbara Amiel -
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
Nate Parker -
I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
Lake Bell -
I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
Karen Gillan -
We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
Zygmunt Bauman
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We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, we 'enter into the holy estate of matrimony.'
Nancy Pearcey -
I don't know, examination I guess. And then they put the jump suit back on me again. I went through the compound - I remember somebody shouting, Jim don't let them break you.
Jim Bakker -
I'd like to do a comedy, actually. I think it would be great to do a sitcom or something like that. I'm pretty much open to anything.
Rachel Nichols -
...his head emerged cautiously, like that of a snail taking a look around after a thunderstorm.
P. G. Wodehouse -
Men and women who refuse to acknowledge God's existence do so, in the final analysis, because it is contrary to their manner of living. They do not want to bow to the moral claims of a holy God on their lives.
R. C. Sproul -
The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
J. R. R. Tolkien