C. S. Lewis Quotes

A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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My mornings go by so fast I forget breakfast. Lunch - that's turned out to be my biggest meal. I like tuna fish with low-fat mayonnaise and celery, egg whites and garlic. It's delish.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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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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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.
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I think I've developed a sort of ADD for geography now. When I've been in a country for too long, I'm like, 'I think it's time to leave.' I don't know what that's going to do to me in later life.
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Words do cut, and they do hurt. It was one thing growing up where you were bullied, but you'd just come home. Now you can't really escape it. It's to a point where you turn off that phone, you live your life, and you try not to let the words of others offend or stop you from being you and living your life.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.