C. S. Lewis Quotes
It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension.
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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We all have an escape. Mine was theater.
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I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good. When you look at something that's really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good.
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People use the notion of God to bully people and hurt people, when we can use the concept to respect and uplift.
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A song like 'Once in a Lifetime' is inspired by my marriage - it's a good, life-changing happening in my life. I think when you find your once-in-a-lifetime love, that's what everybody's looking for.
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There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know.
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It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected some other good.
