C. S. Lewis Quotes
The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.
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So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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I need instant gratification.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I mean, if Republicans will take Al D'Amato, they'll take anybody.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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Education has to be welcomed as a Spiritual Practice for the establishment of Peace in the individual heart as well as in society including the human commonwealth.
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I think that's the most important thing: when life kind of screws you over a little bit, you've got to learn from that experience.
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I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young.
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If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.
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If you read a book about school - someone else's book - you always translate it into your own school experiences. It's describing the student: he's bewildered and lost in a large crowd in a university classroom. You'll visualize that from your own experiences. So, everything you know is what you're really writing.
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The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.
