All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
— Gandalf (Ian Mckellen)
7 seconds sound clip from the The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:09:09 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.
- My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over.
- The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.
- I wish the Ring had never come to me.
- I wish none of this had happened.
- So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
- All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
- There are other forces at work in this world, besides the will of evil.
- Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you also were meant to have it.
- And that is an encouraging thought.
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