J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Frodo drew himself up, and again Sam was startled by his words and his stern voice. 'On the Precious? How dare you?' he said. 'Think! Would you commit your promise to that, Smeagol? It will hold you. But it is more treacherous than you are. It may twist your words. Beware!
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.
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I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together.
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I buy clothes that have repeat value.
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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.
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The most important thing today is for young people to take responsibility, to actually know how to formulate an idea and how to work on it. Not to buy into the so-called apprenticeship.
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To lead a better life, I need my love to be here. Here, making each day of the year, Changing my life with a wave of her hand. Nobody can deny that there's something there.
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The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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Frodo drew himself up, and again Sam was startled by his words and his stern voice. 'On the Precious? How dare you?' he said. 'Think! Would you commit your promise to that, Smeagol? It will hold you. But it is more treacherous than you are. It may twist your words. Beware!
