C. S. Lewis Quotes

In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine. That is why these rules at first seem to be constantly interfering with our natural inclinations.

C. S. Lewis

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• I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

  

  Sally Ride
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• You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • People
  • Hope
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• My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.

  

  Parminder Nagra
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• The growth in emissions is coming from the developing world. So if we are going to get out of this, it's going to come out of a process of cooperation and collaboration. That's why it really requires a paradigm shift.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • World
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• I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.

  

  Paloma Faith
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  • Idea

• My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as 'wee one.'

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Children
  • Mother
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• If you listen to a Deadmau5 record or a Skrillex record, I really enjoy that stuff because, as aggressive sounding as the Skrillex records are, they're still musical, and that's why they have such a broad appeal.

  

  Kaskade
  • Why
  • You
  • Enjoy

• Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • People
  • Reality
  • Vision

• Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • World
  • Great
  • Women

• The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love.

  

  Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • Love
  • Reality
  • Can

• My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me.

  

  K. Flay
  • Serious
  • Died
  • Inheritance

• I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • People
  • Health
  • Depressed

• I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • Love
  • Character

• Poetry is the deification of reality.

  

  Edith Sitwell
  • Reality
  • Poetry

• I created my own party. It's called the Sloth and Indolence Party, and I'm running as an anarchist candidate in the best sense of that word. I've studied the presidency carefully.

  

  Utah Phillips
  • Running
  • Party
  • Best

• We did a different show every night. We'd open a show, and then two weeks later we'd open the next show. And two weeks later we'd open the third show until we had all eight running. And it was just one of the richest experiences I'd ever had in my theatrical life.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Life
  • Different
  • Night

• Why can't I just eat my waffle?

  

  Barack Obama
  • Why
  • Just
  • Eat

• Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • People
  • Religious
  • Sometimes

• When i was 12 all of my friends had girlfriends and i didn't, i felt lonely so i asked my mom to date me.

  

  Niall Horan One Direction
  • Friends
  • Mom
  • Lonely

• From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.

  

  Rain
  • Action
  • Star
  • Hero

• I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Music
  • Love
  • Fun

• Public life is a situation of power and energy; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Life
  • Power
  • Energy

• So long as men shall be on earthThere will be tasks for them to do,Some way for them to show their worth;Each day shall bring its problems new.And men shall dream of mightier deedsThan ever have been done before:There always shall be human needsFor men to work and struggle for.

  

  Edgar Guest
  • Work
  • Men
  • Long

• In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine. That is why these rules at first seem to be constantly interfering with our natural inclinations.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Why
  • Reality
  • Running