"Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off)."

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J. R. R. Tolkien

#Fall Quotes #Practice Quotes #Grace Quotes

“Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.”
“I think the preseason helps a lot, just to feel a little bit about the speed of the game.”
“I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.”
“EDUCATION IS VITAL TO DISCERN BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING”
“Some people are so poor, all they have is money.”
“The Daily Mail can't say 'asylum-seeker' without saying 'foreign criminal' in the same sentence. I'm sure it's practically editorial policy.”
“The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.”
“I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?”

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