C. S. Lewis Quotes
If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be; if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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The good thing about SUVs is they have storage.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope... It is not a reflection of all religious people.
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.
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I was an altar boy and heard the Bible being read out repeatedly. The stories have stayed with me, although they're completely remixed in my head. And often, when I do further reading, I'm quite surprised by the difference between the real story and my memory of the story.
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'Paranormal Activity' was a unique project in that I made it basically on my own, with a little help, and I had no exposure to the filmmaking world when I made it.
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The prejudice is against men and women - assuming men stay at work. That's the reason why we don't have enough women in the halls of power - the prejudice is pushing women to go home.
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If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be; if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all
