C. S. Lewis Quotes
We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.
Quotes to Explore
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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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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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters for me, why should I feel bothered or insecure? When it comes to updating myself, I work very hard to relate to the emotions of characters I play.
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I don't think a reggaeton song will break again like 'Gasolina' did.
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The best way I knew how was to give 110% and want it more than them, and walk on the court and every moment of the match feel like it was the end of the world, in a sense. So that worked for me in a lot of ways. There were times that it hurt me, but for the most part, it helped me.
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War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It is only women's light reading which is derided.
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The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.
