C. S. Lewis Quotes
The discomfiture we feel may be our most accurate human sensation; reminding us we are not quite "at home" here.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
Gail Devers -
The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.
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I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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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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We need to learn to accept and certainly mourn any harm that comes to any human being on this earth. But we also need to not be vengeful.
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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around the yard talking to myself - which may account for my fondness for doing different voices.
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If you don't love what you are doing, it could be misery.
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I pulled cotton at 6 years old and worked on the peanut farm and paper route.
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The discomfiture we feel may be our most accurate human sensation; reminding us we are not quite "at home" here.
