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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I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.
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Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential and generate more public welfare.
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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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I guess that in this process of trying to incorporate or to be faithful to the films I admire so much, that's how I start to find my own voice. The admiration I have for filmmakers, this gratitude, perhaps that's my only way to become specific.
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I think you have to be respectful to the people who want to talk to you.
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And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.
