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Why does it take weeks to resize all this
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Is the word "why" in the original?
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Yes.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Is the 'why' more of an exclamation, then? "Why! It'll take weeks to do whateverwhatever."
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"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Or is it something like "This is why it will take weeks to resize all this"?
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Elengil is more right than Jude .
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Said by a hobbit?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Yes.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Spoken to another hobbit?
Also, is "resize" in the original? If not, is it a fairly accurate synonym?
Also, is "resize" in the original? If not, is it a fairly accurate synonym?
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Not that exact word, but it's not unrelated.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Is it related to Bag End’s possessions?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Not at all
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Among others, yes.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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So, within the fellowship?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Jude, yes.
Inanna, most of the Fellowship.
Inanna, most of the Fellowship.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Oh wait is this Pippin saying that Frodo will have to be locked in a room to write it all down?
Found it: Sam, a sentence before that: "Why, it will take weeks before we get all these things sized up!’"
Found it: Sam, a sentence before that: "Why, it will take weeks before we get all these things sized up!’"
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That's the one.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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This didn't change much.
I was in the company that had the bridge until it was thrown behind us.
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