J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Make yourself comfortable in everything you do.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly afterwards the German and Spanish clubs added their productions.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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I was on a series for a number of years, and I got very used to only doing a mini-play per week. When I first came back to the theater, and I was suddenly doing eight shows a week again for three or four months, I had to find a new reason to do it.
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Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
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I think I passed up a lot of opportunities for love because I was too interested in identity politics.
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Knowing that anything can happen at any time, I made sure the people that I love know that.
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From last century's 'The Birth of a Nation' to this century's 'Gods and Generals,' Hollywood has likely done more than any other American institution to obstruct a truthful apprehension of the Civil War and, thus, modern America's very origins.
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Il y a toujours quelque chose d’absent qui me tourmente.
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Commercial fishing is always so behind the curve of technology that they were building ships with wooden hulls and masts in the 1940s, though it also had a diesel engine, which probably was used most of the time.
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The quality of education that children receive early in life has a bearing on their later life that we may never fully understand.
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President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness.
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Crush your individuality first. Shake off the dreams of personal comfort. Then start to work. Inch by inch you shall have to proceed. It needs courage, perseverance and very strong determination. No difficulties and no hardships shall discourage you. No failure and betrayals shall dishearten you. No travails (!) imposed upon you shall snuff out the revolutionary will in you. Through the ordeal of sufferings and sacrifice you shall come out victorious. And these individual victories shall be the valuable assets of the revolution.
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The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.
