J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Elrond's house was perfect, whether you liked food or sleep or story-telling or singing (or reading), or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness. ... Evil things did not come into the secret valley of Rivendell.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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Ill give you a definite maybe.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.
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I love making buckwheat crepes with ham, Parmesan cheese, and a fried egg on top. It's my go-to breakfast.
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I don't go out of the way to take special care of myself.
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In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.
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If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for 'Iron Giant,' and I'm not even on the screen.
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Small habits well pursued betimesMay reach the dignity of crimes.
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'Poly' means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.
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We see the most striking example of humility in the lamb which will submit to any animal; and when they are given for food to imprisoned lions they are as gentle to them as to their own mother, so that very often it has been seen that the lions forbear to kill them.
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I DJ a lot of night events - sometimes I may work 3 nights a week, and some weeks I don't work at all; other times, I'm working every night.
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And, I believe that one of the most loving things you can do is prepare a meal for someone you love. None of which I know how to do!
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If I'm in love I want to get married. That's how stupid I am.
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Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways.
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Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.
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I'd really love to get back into commercials, actually. I love how quick and breezy they are. And honestly, they pay really well.
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You must never conclude, even though everything goes wrong, that you cannot succeed. Even at the worst there is a way out, a hidden secret that can turn failure into success and despair into happiness. No situation is so dark that there is not a ray of light.
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Elrond's house was perfect, whether you liked food or sleep or story-telling or singing (or reading), or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness. ... Evil things did not come into the secret valley of Rivendell.
