J.R.R. Tolkien

STATUS QUOtes — 20221016

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“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You.” — Stephen R. Covey

“True independence is an illusion; no one matures in a vacuum. We have heroes, we see villains, and ultimately we try to walk the path that’s our own, through an ideological valley whose landmarks have already been described and claimed by others.” — Nicolas Wilson

“Things will go as they will, and there is no need to hurry to meet them.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

“On my first date, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to eat a la carte, and I said that I would prefer to stay inside!” — Cristin Milioti

 

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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20190320

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“The best cure for one’s bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.” — Alain de Botton

“How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

“You can learn as much – or more – from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.” — Malcolm Gladwell

“I’d be the only dad keeping his kids home from school to teach me how to get to the next level on a video game.” — Clinton Jackson

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190206

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“People who never do any more than they get paid for never get paid for any more than they do.” — Albert Hubbard

“The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it.” — Louis I Kahn

“The wide world is all about you. You can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

“A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, ‘For a man, you’re kind of ignorant.'” — Anne Hathaway

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180311

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“The old that is strong does not wither. Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

“The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.” — Miguel de Cervantes

“So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned.” — Peter Pan

“I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.” — Samuel Butler

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180118

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“Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.” — Blaise Pascal

“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

“Envy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth.” — Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

“I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20171204

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“We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.” — Mignon McLaughlin

“Salt and sugar look the same. Be careful who you trust.” — Unknown

“Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

“You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work… medicine.” — Tim Minchin

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170903

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“Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.” — William Blake

“If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.” — Diana Ross

“How do you get off of a non-stop flight?” — Steven Wright

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20161209

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“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” — Paulo Coelho

“We often succumb to the temptation of a tidy-minded approach when we would be better served by embracing a degree of mess.” — Tim Harford

“No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.” — Willa Cather

“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151229

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“Envy no one. Whatever it is, a price was paid.” — Unknown

“If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.” — Jeromy Shingongo

“You are the extraordinary result of all the wishes of your ancestors. You are made of dreams.” — Tina Dietz

“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” — Bilbo Baggins, ( J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring )

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151220

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“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” — John F. Kennedy

“I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, Return of the King

“I wanted to write down exactly what I felt but somehow the paper stayed empty and I could not have described it any better.” — Unknown

“At my house we pray AFTER we eat.” — Rodney Dangerfield

 

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