Maps Quotes

(on concluding filming of LOTR:) "Frodo will look more haggard, but not as bad as Gollum. There is a massive transformation, but the journey should have a physical effect on him, which makes sense as I look a lot older than when I started filming. I was 18 then, and it`s appropriate that he looks older, too. And if I`ve done my job right, then you should empathize with him. When it came to the end, I was very emotional. I was heaving, I couldn`t breathe, and the last bits of the movie really wrecked me. They gave each actor his own farewell, when we were back there earlier this year. You`d go on to a sound stage and Peter (director Peter Jackson) would make a speech about each actor and then bring in their sword and a clapperboard. It was completely overwhelming. When it came time for me to give a speech, I was so gone I just couldn`t do it. I now have the ears, the feet, the sword, the Ring, and one of the maps of Middle-Earth. The whole thing has had a massive impact on us. I think Bill (Billy Boyd) and Dom (Dominic Monaghan) and I are thinking about buying a house here (in New Zealand), because we don`t want to lose our connection with the country. It makes most sense to go in on a place because we could use it like a timeshare and then holiday at different times or together. But we`re so lazy and completely hopeless at doing things, so it remains to be seen if it`ll ever happen." (December 11, 2003)

Maps encourage boldness. They`re like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.

At this point, I think everyone understands that maps are a great way of presenting information and there are probably opportunities there, and that`s long overdue.

I haven`t done any reconnaissance like the Tour, but I looked at the maps...Anyway, it is a case that if you`re strong enough in the mountains, you can win the Vuelta. If not, you get dropped! There are seven mountaintop finishes, or something like that. So your strength is the most important thing. As for the time trials, I think the prologue is a bit short. But the last two are better for me.

Maps are a thing of the past.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

We will have more information when the application is submitted to the county, including maps and proposed turbine locations, ... What I can say is that the application will be radically changed from what it was.

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.

Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious.

With all the maps on one DVD, it`s a very simple process which takes seconds rather than fiddling about with multiple CD-ROMs which hold less data. And, while we provide a 256MB card out of the box, if you install a larger 1 GB memory card for example, you could have maps for four or five countries on your phone.

The polarization and animosity were far deeper on the eve of the Civil War than it`s ever been. The `red state-blue state` divisions of today (referring to the 2000 presidential election where maps denoted in blue states that backed Democrat Al Gore and in red for Republican George W. Bush) or the cultural wars over abortion, gay rights or other issues are far more superficial than the events of the 1850s.

It (Sierra Art Trails) is a two day event. People can buy a little catalog with maps and get to come and visit all of us,

You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people`s maps will be the same.

Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape