C. S. Lewis Quotes
'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
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I don't think I'm as educated as Whoopi, so I'm lifting myself to her level. But you know, our view of the world, our view of what we can do, our sense of what it means to be here, are similar.
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I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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I get over-excited by every opportunity that comes my way. I end up doing too much.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.
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Musicians ultimately are who they are, they aren't actors, so as a clipmaker you have a responsibility to protect them.
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I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
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I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
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'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'
