J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
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I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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I don't take breaks, man. In the past, I used to spend my free time getting in trouble, and now I spend it working on my music. If I'm not playing drums with my cover band, Chevy Metal, I'm working on songs for myself.
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Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
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Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.
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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
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I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can.
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I come from a pretty strange family.
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Humor is a part of spirituality.
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I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.
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Well, you know, I never want to feel like I have a set plan of what I'm supposed to do. I kind of like to go script by script, and if I like the character and like the story that's why I want to do a movie.
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Pixiophobia: a fear of Pixies. I made this up, but believe me it should be a word because it sure is a legitimate fear.
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I think I need security.
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The world can make you very angry.
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Hooking up with anybody from your past gets you thinking about things you haven't thought about in a while. It can rekindle dreams.
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It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.
