J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
His face was sad and stern because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his heart, from which mirth would arise at times like a spring from a rock.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.
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Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.
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Imagine if I'd said, 'I have to be the best actress - I want that and nothing else.' I never would have directed. I never would have produced. I never would have done a beauty line. I would have just worried about getting a job or been frustrated that I wasn't getting the job that I wanted. I was ready to be a businesswoman.
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I like shopping, and I like to drive.
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People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared me for that. The things I had been told and drilled into my head from him were worse than what anybody could say to me.
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My fees are not too high. Your wage scale may simply be too low.
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Americans don't realize how difficult it is to create a Harvard.
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First novels tend to be blood-lettings, and they're focused on you, not the reader.
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Sometimes I leave mayonnaise on the ends of my hair for a few hours while I'm writing; it's a really good moisturizer.
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We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.
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I'm really quite simple.
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The right people don't care about a corner office - they care about the culture, if you're mission-driven, what you're going to do to make the world a better place.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones.
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I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that.
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Let your love to life be love to your highest hope; and let your highest hope be the highest thought of life!
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His face was sad and stern because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his heart, from which mirth would arise at times like a spring from a rock.
