J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

Quotes to Explore
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
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There is no such thing as a perfect mother.
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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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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?
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I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!
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Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise.
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
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Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche.
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I've known Bret Michaels forever.
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People have to start realizing that money is just a fiction, an idea.
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I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love.
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Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.
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Mutos enim nasci et egere omni ratione satius fuisset quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.
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A planet of playthingsWe dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceiveThe stars aren't aligned or the gods are malignedBlame is better to give than receive - Freewill (1980)
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Once I discovered music and that you don't need to just use words but can add a growl to the melody, that releases so much more. I never want to make music for any other reason.
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I've done over 125 posters and I have worked with some of the best photographers in the world. They made me America's Number one Pin Up.
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Already madness lifts its wing to cover half my soul.
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Even before 'Moon,' I did a short film called 'Whistle,' and it had a lot of the things that I thought I would need to be able to do on a feature film: I shot on location, there was special FX work, there was stunt work, we used squibs, I shot on 35 mm film.
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Shoot for the moon. If you miss, shoot again.
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Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.