#lor

To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#audience #career #doubt #films #get

I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course. ↗

— A. J. Jacobs

#course #diet #eat #i #i tried

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. ↗

— Walter Scott

#exact #fewest #greatest #motive #obstacles

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. ↗

— Storm Jameson

#i #lord #make #may #me

We are only tenants, and shortly the great Landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired. ↗

— Joseph Jefferson

#give #great #landlord #lease #notice

If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#different #else #get #going #got

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities. ↗

— Derrick Jensen

#because #become #deplorable #each #especially

It's sad that the most glorious of sexual experiences can make us feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed, and abnormal. ↗

— Sue Johanson

#ashamed #embarrassed #experiences #feel #glorious

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#authors #chief #every #glory #people

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town. ↗

— Toby Keith

#independent #independent label #into #label #labels