J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.
Quotes to Explore
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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I'd been coming to New York for weekends since I was 17, and after 9/11, I started making these trips more frequently, just to make contact with the city.
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You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.
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We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed.
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I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were traditional Catholics. But in her old age, my mother got her home health care from a guy who was gay, who was wonderful to her. Before she died, she rode a float in the Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade.
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I remember my first actor that I really, really fell in love with was Tom Hanks. I suppose when I was growing up and getting more serious about acting, at that point, he was the biggest actor in the world.
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I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.
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There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
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I play well with everybody.
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Women see me as a figure they can respect. They know I've been through a lot. I'm not going to let no man put me under.
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We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search. If the 'World Spirit' touches you, do not expect that it will be painless.
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Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
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Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul, Each choosing each through all the weary hours, And meeting strangely at one sudden goal, Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers, Into one beautiful and perfect whole; And life's long night is ended, and the way Lies open onward to eternal day.
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I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends.
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Most of my memories are the sound of rain on caravan roofs.
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Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
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Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people.
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And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.
