J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story - the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths - which I could dedicate simply to: to England; to my country. ... I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Dan Shechtman
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Edmund White
I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
Jackie Chan
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Adam Clarke
If I'm paying money to come to see you, you shouldn't look like everybody else in the crowd.
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Adnan Sami
When you lack the awareness of being God you make everything impossible. Wow! Stop living in your humanity and start living in your divinity.
E. Bernard Jordan
Humor comes in all forms, and everyone has their cup of tea about what makes them laugh. But the day we censor humor is a sad one for sure.
Marlee Matlin
Hate and anger and disappointment and rage can be channeled in music into the most positive place.
Brody Dalle
I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story - the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths - which I could dedicate simply to: to England; to my country. ... I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama.
J. R. R. Tolkien