C. S. Lewis Quotes
until the theologians and the ordained clergy begin to communicate with ordinary people in the vernacular, in a way that they can understand, I’m going to have to do this sort of thing.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I feel like I am doing a lot, but if someone asks me what exactly I have accomplished, I don't know... putting my son to sleep, feeding him, taking care of things in the house amount to a lot of work. But, yes, I haven't arrested 14 criminals in one day or saved the world or anything of that sort!
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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To create a nice relationship with an ex, the love has to change form. I think you just have to put your children first.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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Actors, after all, dream.
Nastassja Kinski -
The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
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In Bulgaria, they use the Cyrillic alphabet, which is completely different from ours. You can't sound the words out, so you can't read street signs or packages in the grocery store! You have to rely on pictures and guesses.
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I write based on how I feel.
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There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems to curb all other cravings.
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I think if I wasn't a musician, I would be a high-school band director or orchestra director. I like working with large groups of musicians and bringing out the dynamics and accomplishing something as a team.
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I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.
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until the theologians and the ordained clergy begin to communicate with ordinary people in the vernacular, in a way that they can understand, I’m going to have to do this sort of thing.
