C. S. Lewis Quotes
Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away childish things, along with the desire to be very grown up.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.
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If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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You have to be quite stupid to act.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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I've always broken out in hives when I go into any organized religious situation.
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The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.
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Traditionally in crime fiction, women exist as a bedroom convenience or to screw up in order that the plot may progress. I wanted no part of that.
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Many times, when a director reads a script and wants somebody who says 'Far out', then they let me do what I want with it and that's usually more interesting for an actor.
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Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away childish things, along with the desire to be very grown up.
