J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.
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You can't leave the thing that you are, the house that has become your biography.
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As anyone knows who has ever had to set up a military encampment or build a village from the ground up, occupations pose staggering logistical problems.
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The whole scale and scope of the decorating and fashion business in this country are incomparably grander than in London. What's thrilling about America in general, and the New York fashion scene in particular, is its optimism. It makes the whole experience energizing and uplifting.
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You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world.
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This dark diction has become America's addiction.
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I can't stand being around anal people, especially anal people with big egos.
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Goldfish are flowers ... flowers that move.
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More than half the states that will miss the voting-equipment deadline will have signed contracts with vendors.
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children are not undeveloped versions of adult people: they are a different race of beings: they are children.
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My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.
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Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.
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The city of Oia is the most magnificently romantic place I've ever been.
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We passed an ambitious tax relief package last year, which the president decided to veto, ... This year we will continue to fight for tax relief for working families.
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It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.
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I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'
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You have to be very cautious that you're hitting the right beats and making sure it's funny, but at the same time when those notes are serious, you're trying to get your point across and it's not about the comedy.
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I think the key to being a journalist is getting your subject to feel comfortable enough to talk about stuff they want to talk about and the stuff they like and don't like, and still feel comfortable about it.
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For players to perform near their best every week is commendable.
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It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.
