C. S. Lewis Quotes
The first thing to get clear about Christian morality between man and man is that in this department Christ did not come to teach any brand new morality. The Golden Rule of the New Testament (Do as you would be done by) is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be right.
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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I respect music, I do. I love it.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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I don't think about my fame very much.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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I've always been known as the fat kid from Stand By Me.
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People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.
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Principle #1: Avoid dangerous people and dangerous places.Principle #2: Do not defend your property.Principle #3: Respond immediately and escape.
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The first thing to get clear about Christian morality between man and man is that in this department Christ did not come to teach any brand new morality. The Golden Rule of the New Testament (Do as you would be done by) is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be right.
