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J.R.R. Tolkien:
Professor, since childhood, I have been fascinated with language. Obsessed with it. I've invented my own. Full, complete languages. Look. This is, it's - everything. [presents a notebook] J.R.R. Tolkien:
From the Breost-hord. My heart. The treasure of the breast. Professor Wright:
And the drawings? J.R.R. Tolkien:
I made stories. Legends. After all, what is language for? It's not just the naming of things, is it? It's the lifeblood of a culture, a people
Professor, since childhood, I have been fascinated with language. Obsessed with it. I've invented my own. Full, complete languages. Look. This is, it's - everything. [presents a notebook] J.R.R. Tolkien:
From the Breost-hord. My heart. The treasure of the breast. Professor Wright:
And the drawings? J.R.R. Tolkien:
I made stories. Legends. After all, what is language for? It's not just the naming of things, is it? It's the lifeblood of a culture, a people
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Professor
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Since childhood I have been fascinated with language
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Obsessed with it I've invented my own
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Full complete languages Look
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This is it's everything
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From the Breost hord My heart
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The treasure of the breast
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And the drawings
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I made stories Legends
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After all what is language for
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It's not just the naming of things is it
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It's the lifeblood of a culture a people
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Movie Summary
The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
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J.r.r. Tolkien
Professor Wright
