C. S. Lewis Quotes
We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves.
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As a trial lawyer, intelligence is important only in the sense that it allows you to play the game, if you will. Without it, you don't even have a ticket into the competitive arena. But beyond that, it doesn't get you very far at all.
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Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.
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R. C. Buford has been a huge help to me with his support.
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The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me.
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I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
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We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.
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I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
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I don't often do a lot of that kind of research, but when it's something specific like 'Oz' - which I fortunately did not have a lot of experience with - I will. I read 'The Hot House,' about being on the inside at Leavenworth prison.
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You don't want to move in with someone and find out that they don't have auto or health insurance. That's a rude awakening.
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One thing I really love in my single, 'Just Can't Let You Go,' is the beatboxing; I think it's really cool. Also, in my music, I'm not afraid to say what I want to say. I also think it's relatable for other girls out there.
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I just love Bayonne. I love the parks. I love the pizzerias. I love the simple things in life, and it's all here.
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I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst.
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The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant with joy or contorted with pain.
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Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly technical things pertaining to craft.
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I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.
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My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.
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I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.
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Body odour (known also as scent of the immortals) is a disgusting condition with an awful, nauseating smell.
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It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything.
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If I am elected to Congress, I will put the interests of our community first, and I will actively seek input and respond to it.
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Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams. Don't think you have to wait for the latter to do the former.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves.
