C. S. Lewis Quotes
I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid.
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I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.
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'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
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In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.
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A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
