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It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel.(Aragorn talking of Eowyn, in the Houses of Healing) J. R. R. Tolkien
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He had seen how people came a cropper by giving way to impulse. It was to his judiciousness, at every turn, that he owed the fact that nothing terrible had ever happened to him. Shirley Hazzard
Claude Chabrol quote: "There is no new wave, only the sea."
There is no new wave, only the sea. Claude Chabrol
It was pure guesswork on my part back in 1979 as to whether I would have the stamina to write, pencil, ink, letter, tone, and fill the back of a monthly comic book for 26 years. Dave Sim
In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country. Bobby Scott
Fritz Scholder quote: "I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my..."
I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me. Fritz Scholder
Oscar Wilde quote: "To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world,..."
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual. Oscar Wilde
I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade! Laura Linney
But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive. Wim Wenders
Oscar Wilde quote: "It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name."
It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name. Oscar Wilde
Harry Belafonte quote: "This generosity that has been offered to the United States..."
This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit. Harry Belafonte
Anna Held quote: "Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It..."
Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age. Anna Held
Steve Martin quote: "It's pain that changes our lives."
It's pain that changes our lives. Steve Martin
I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable. Tupac Shakur