C. S. Lewis Quotes

Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.

C. S. Lewis

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• It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.

  

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• Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keeping up.

  

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• I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.

  

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• Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.

  

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• Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.

  

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• We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.

  

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• When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

  

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  Chen Shui-bian

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• I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People would see me sitting in the corner by myself looking sick and gloomy. The reason is that I was trying to fight against the stomach pain, trying to hold my food down. People looked me and assumed I was some kind of addict.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
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• When you actively engage in gradually refining yourself, you retreat from your lazy ways of covering yourself or making excuses. Instead of feeling a persistent current of low-level shame, you move forward by using the creative possibilities of this moment, your current situation.

  

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• Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Sick
  • Brave
  • Differences