C. S. Lewis Quotes

If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.

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• I'm happier on the runway than I am on the red carpet. Because then I am not being myself. I think, on the red carpet, it's a weird, like, 'Who am I? Am I me? Am I them?'

  

  Kate Moss
  • Happy
  • Red
  • Carpet

• Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.

  

  Felicia Day
  • People
  • Child
  • Meeting

• Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with.

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Work
  • Quality
  • Destiny

• A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.

  

  Karel Reisz
  • Style
  • Opinion
  • Camera

• America has always been a land of diversity, basically made up of immigrants, and that is something I want to see continued. It's something I'm proud of when people think of America.

  

  Halima Aden
  • People
  • Up
  • America

• In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

  

  Kate Adie
  • War
  • Enemy
  • Propaganda

• I bring values, resiliency, a thick skin, and I'm not afraid to be confrontational. I don't remember anyone before bringing that to the table.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • Remember
  • Values
  • Table

• I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old.

  

  K. D. Lang
  • Believe
  • Think
  • Voice

• Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Why
  • Others
  • Brainy

• Chicago is where the whole idea of community policing began. It remains the - the best and the most comprehensive approach we have in changing the everyday conditions that breed crime and violence - and then breed mistrust. We have more work to do. We need better training to live up to the values and the principles of community policing.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Up
  • Work
  • Live

• A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

  

  Natasha Richardson
  • Vision
  • Actor
  • Director

• A world where nothing is had for nothing.

  

  Arthur Hugh Clough
  • World

• It's true that old actors don't die, their parts get smaller. You're less likely to get the part, many parts, if you're playing people your age as opposed to people who are younger. There are fewer parts around.

  

  Albert Finney
  • People
  • True
  • Age

• The learning process continues until the day you die.

  

  Kirk Douglas
  • Die
  • Learning

• You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?

  

  Jeanette Winterson
  • Time
  • Heart

• Human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.

  

  Betsy Hodges
  • Reality
  • Control
  • Humanity

• I was nearly struck by lightning on an excavation in Turkey.

  

  Mary Beard

• People ask me why I'm so hard on men. It's because they've gotten a really easy ride. And it's not that I think women should take over the world. But I do think it should be 50/50.

  

  Chelsea Handler
  • People
  • World
  • Men

• I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes - not necessarily because these people are going to be doing pushups or spiking volleyballs in the workplace, but because they're looking for that continuity, that person who was gritty about something.

  

  Angela Duckworth
  • People
  • Workplace

• In such a world-at such a time--'a decent respect for the opinion of mankind'-in the words of our Declaration of Independence-requires that we state plainly the purposes we seek, the principles we hold.

  

  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Time
  • World
  • Words

• What I look for in a voice is for it to be unique. I don't really care if a singer sings well. Really, it's about emotion, or being able to sing the lyrics and actually mean it. A lot of singers sing good notes but forget about what words they use.

  

  Anton Zaslavski
  • Good
  • Words
  • Unique

• I'd love to break America, like all artists do. It's a lot of work but, you know, it's got to be done!

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Work
  • Love
  • Done

• I'd really like to go back to New Japan because it feels like home, and I love that place so much.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • Love
  • Home
  • New

• If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.

  

  C. S. Lewis