He loses his wisdom and eventually his kingdom when the dragon Smaug, a creature even more enslaved to the love of gold than the dwarf, takes it from him.
The increasing cynicism in me says perhaps the media in this case was more in love with the story than the truth.
When the stores were more about selling coffee and the love of it than attracting crowds so large that it is sometimes hard to sit down?
And nowhere elicits lovelorn sighs more than the Uffizi, with emblems of love like Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" gracing its walls.
Mr Geldof, who has said in the past "I love my three children more than anything in the world, " launched a campaign for the rights of divorced fathers in 1996.
Michael was the embodiment of love to me and millions of other fans across the globe who grew up wanting nothing more than to love him back.
Spending time with your friends is one of the most enjoyable things you can do, but spending time with your spouse is merely OK. In fact, parents or other relatives turn out to make more enjoyable company than the supposed love of your life.
Kayla Williams, author of the memoir, "Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army, " said she thought most of the enlisted men would accept women into combat units.
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The programs range from complex instructions for displaying pop-up windows to a 36-line memory-management utility from the open-source game Rooms of Doom that software writers love because it's more compact than the 72-line alternative.
There is nothing I would love more than to lift the trophy once again.
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"I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart, " Sarkozy said.
But there's more to the Quiverfull mindset than a love of big families.
There is little Britons love moaning about more than the weather.
But what if we decided we wanted to send a message with intent, something that will say more about us than an episode of The Love Boat?
Even in law school, perhaps the place more than any other where sheer cleverness is prized and love of argument for its own sake is fundamental to the culture, he was not much interested in academic jousting.
"I love nothing more than to talk about the technical side of soccer, " said Italy coach Cesare Prandelli.
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Most orphans are now fostered by relations, who offer more love and pumpkin-leaf stew than the government ever could.
Ambitious, but hey -- we'd love nothing more than to be streaming the Super Bowl over LTE when all's said and done.
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Divorce attorneys love social networks even more than do the LAPD.
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The biggest piece in the 1987 show, More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid, was composed of animals and afghans and stretched 10 feet wide.
But naughty people love to pirate the show more than any other TV show on the air today.
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And this is where modern gamers are ruining the games they love, because once a gamer feels like they have to play through more than once to get the full breadth of scope the game has to offer they complain.
The only evidence is scripture, which is just as apt to tell us flying horses are coming to do us all in right around the time the Third Temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem and people start disappearing in the fields because they love God more than most.
Nowhere on "The Whole Love" does Tweedy luxuriate in more sadness, or find more hard-won satisfaction, than on the last track, "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend), " 12 minutes of John Fahey-meets-Tortoise, NPRsegue velvet.
Everybody loves to love the Chinese consumer, many more than those who truly understand her.
Or are you an executive who has traveled the world over and love certain cities more than others?
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They had far more in common than the issues that divided them - a love for their country that led them from military service to public service.
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His feelings for his parents also emerge in songs like "123 Goodbye, " which includes the line "I love you more in death than I ever could in life, " though Perkins prefers to sing about these thoughts rather than talk about them.
But brotherhood, love and forgiveness are more easily preached than practiced on the soccer field.
Last year, Covenant House served more than 56, 000 homeless kids, giving them the love and support they need to find their way off of the streets.
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