J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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No government should ever be big enough to substitute for the family.
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In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.
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I have always taken care of my body; I'm not a drinker, I've never smoked. And I've always exercised. That's all you have to do.
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The first space walk, it's really got your attention. You know you're travelling eight times faster than a rifle bullet, and you're outside. Second space walk, you're a lot more relaxed, you're looking over your shoulder, admiring the view of Earth. What was funny about the third space walk was that mission control in Houston called and said, "Take a moment and enjoy the view".
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Your brain is not designed to make you happy. That's your job!
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We've been writing a little, but the hardest thing about writing on the road is it's difficult to get deep and flush out an idea you always have to go do something.
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I had a mink, and I had money and I was miserable.
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Narrating incredible things as though they were real old system; narrating realities as though they were incredible the new.
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We have said to all the teams down the bottom we have done our hardest.
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Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.
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That's immortality my darlings" Spencer said.
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I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.
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Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
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For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a "Reserved" sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I'd never see her again.
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It is mine to give to whom I will, like my heart.
