C. S. Lewis Quotes

All possible knowledge, then, depends on the validity of reasoning...Unless human reasoning is valid no science can be true.

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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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Every movie, especially when you get involved... takes something out of you. You learn something, but you give something to the movie. And after the movie, if the experience has been intense and a true experience, you're a little different afterward.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
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I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?
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A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.
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'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.
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The sky was yellow and the sun was blue.
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If it interests you, they don't have to pay you. It's a fascinating business anyway-it's very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it's like buying a piece of furniture that's really good.
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All possible knowledge, then, depends on the validity of reasoning...Unless human reasoning is valid no science can be true.