C. S. Lewis Quotes
We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.
Quotes to Explore
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The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk.
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I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?
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The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
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Black is not a color.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.
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When I was five I had violin lessons.
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I love Washington, D.C.; I love this country, but I think over the last hundred years we've built up would I call an arrogant empire: people who think the rest of us are too stupid to make our own decisions.
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We were intrigued by the fact that we had so much actual behavior among people on our dating site, OKCupid.
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I know I could never be in a pop band. I honestly have an appalling voice.
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I make a good living selling hardback books through paper publishers, and I have many friends in the industry who will suffer as it changes, so on a personal level, the transition to digital isn't something I welcome wholeheartedly.
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It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.
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Keep your head up and be patient.
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College kids want to be coached. They want to be taught. They might resist it a little bit early on, but the more you give, the more you get back.
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I believe that one of the secret engines that allows cinema to work, and have the marvelous power over us that it does, is the fact that for thousands of years we have spent eight hours every night in a 'cinematic' dream-state, and so are familiar with this version of reality.
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You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
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The Confederacy stands for slavery and the Union for freedom.
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Instead of understanding the crisis facing the country and helping the country, the opposition wants to weaken the country by its deeds.
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I need pity. I know what I feel. Great place and business in the world is not worth looking after.
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Population regulates itself by the funds which are to employ it, and therefore always increases or diminishes with the increase or the diminution of capital. Every reduction of capital is therefore necessarily followed by a less effective demand for corn, by a fall in price, and by diminished cultivation.
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You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60.
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Scientific monitoring is going to be terrifically important, because whatever steps we take ... we will have to monitor those steps in order to know if they're actually working.
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At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death.
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We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.
