#rings

I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that brings them the art. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#brings #depend #good #good art #i

A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul. ↗

— Mika Waltari

#decision #eases #his #man #mind

I stone got crazy when I saw somebody run down them strings with a bottleneck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#christmas #christmas tree #crazy #down #eyes

I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that. ↗

— Max Weinberg

#around #artist #bruce #bruce springsteen #committed

Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff. ↗

— Len Wein

#brilliantly #done #far #i #i think

Frodo: I can't recall the taste of food, nor the sound of water, nor the touch of grass. I'm naked in the dark. There's nothing--no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I can see him with my waking eyes. Sam: Then let us be rid of it, once and for all. I can't carry the ring for you, but I can carry you! Comeon! ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#j-r-r-tolkien #return-of-the-king #sam #the-lord-of-the-rings #food

Come, let it pass then,' said Frodo. 'But now we seem to have come to the point, you and I, Smeagol. Tell me. Can we find the rest of the way by ourselves? We're in sight of the pass, of a way in, and if we can find it now, then I suppose our agreement can be said to be over. You have done what you promised, and you're free: free to go back to food and rest, wherever you wish to go, except to servants of the Enemy. And one day I may reward you, I or those that remember me.' 'No, no, not yet,' Gollum whined. 'O no! They can't find the way themselves, can they? O no indeed. There's the tunnel coming. Smeagol must go on. No rest. No food. Not yet. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#the-lord-of-the-rings #the-two-towers #food

What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros. ↗

— Jack Welch

#engines #get #getting #grocery #grocery store

If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she brings to the party is more important than the size of her arse - then refuse to be sucked into the never ending whirligig of self-doubting, self-hating madness that is stop-start dieting and crazy new exercise regimes. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#brings #crazy #dieting #ending #everything

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together. ↗

— Venus Williams

#along #athletes #because #brings #everyone