J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
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Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them.
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Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows.
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The existence of such a war chest might go far to strengthen our prestige and frighten off any would be assailant.
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We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis.
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When you're trying out on Broadway, it's very hectic, and you're making changes night after night. There's a lot of pressures from producers to make some changes, and you're writing for actors who are in it - and sometimes the limitations of actors who are in it.
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What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
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I'm for conservation, but it's mostly a con. That's the trouble. It's sentimental. Buy an elephant a drink, a lion an acre.
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I used to just take every job that seemed relatively appealing. But now I take a job and it's in the trades the next day - it feels like people are watching and waiting to see what you do, and when you do take a job, attention is noted.
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I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children…
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Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired
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There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.
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The decline of witch-belief was . . . entirely the product of religious skepticism. . . . The Catholic Church did not reform itself on this matter; it was forced by outside pressure to reform. To be sure, the Protestant churches were no better in this regard; it is simply that they had less time - only two or three centuries - to engage in the torching of witches. After all, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, stated quite correctly that disbelief in witches meant a disbelief in the Bible.
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Even if I have to work, scheduling breaks where I disconnect from technology can be beneficial.
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color'd like his own, and having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
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A wicked conscience mouldeth goblins swift as frenzy thoughts.
