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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Its like Dr. Doolittle in this fucking house here.
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Now, more than ever, I realize just how illusory my undeserved success has been. I still hold out some hope of doing better, but age and unhappiness have sapped my strength.
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It is problematic to imagine yourself in the shoes of a criminal and conclude, 'Well, I wouldn’t have done that'-because if you weren’t exposed to in utero cocaine, lead poisoning, or physical abuse, and he was, then you don’t fit in his shoes. Even if you would like to imagine what it’s like to be him, you won’t be very good at it.
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It is very important that we take care of our health.
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The homosexual community wants me to be gay. The heterosexual community wants me to be straight. Every writer thinks, I'm the journalist who's going to make him talk. I pray for them. I pray that they get a life and stop living mine!
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We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.
