"Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick."

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Travel Quotes #Tree Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.”
“I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.”
“I'm a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. I don't have any time to be showing anybody any bag of tricks.”

Source : Interview with Mike Farley, www.bullz-eye.com. February 3, 2009.
“If scientists don't play God, who will?”

Source : "Generosity by Richard Powers" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2010.
“Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip.”

Source : Roger Ebert (2004). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005”, p.374, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“Polemical debates happen all the time in France.”
“Invest in the "process" rather than the product. Process living neutralizes the depleting and impoverishing effects of chronically living in anticipation. Even when impossible goals occasionally are reached, satisfactions derived from them are invariably disappointing unless the process has given ample satisfaction along the way.”
“I miss being governor.”

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