C. S. Lewis Quotes
Many things have gone wrong with the world that God made and... God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again
Quotes to Explore
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I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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I loved theatre and film when I was growing up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. My mum's a reflexologist and my dad's a corporate financier.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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I probably would have gone the M.F.A. route except I was a dad at 19, and it made more sense to go to work for a newspaper and support a kid that way. But the funny thing is, that detour became the most important step in my developing as a novelist.
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Prayer is not just getting ready for Christian service. Prayer is Christian service.
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I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
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God's will can become your internal reference point from this day forward; it is your choice.
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Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in.
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Many things have gone wrong with the world that God made and... God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again
