C. S. Lewis Quotes
Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.
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I don't get recognised that much in the street.
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The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list.
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The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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I have reservations about everything I do.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.
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I've failed once or twice real big, independent.
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Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.
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My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts.
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Golf, like measles, should be caught young.
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I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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One thing matters more than anything else for a dating product, and that is the quantity and quality of the people who use the product. It's really freaking hard to get critical mass.
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Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.
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I wore a mullet to the Grammys! I have no fear.
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I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.
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I had Tommy John my first year in pro ball. Going through that rehab process, I think that's what really helped me become a better pitcher, because I was kind of new to it, and I think it helped me learn how to repeat my delivery. It was a crazy journey.
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Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.
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Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift the spirit and last a lifetime rather than one catwalk season.
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If you have a lot of sweetness and quirkiness, someone's got to have a little bit of bite against that.
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I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.
