C. S. Lewis Quotes
Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.C. S. Lewis
Quotes to Explore
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When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!
Ian Beattie -
So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
Ed Gillespie -
Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.
Barbara Demick -
Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
Carl Jung -
We human beings are humane in part because we can look beyond our biology.
Sam Kean -
Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely false reality, and believe it's real. And that's a little scary. And I do it to the best of my ability. But it's kind of like swimming out to sea. You have to leave enough energy to swim back, and sometimes you get scared you swam too far.
Rachel Miner -
I have a carbohydrate and protein-rich diet. For breakfast, I typically have two slices of bread with butter or jam, four to five eggs - boiled or fried - a few bananas and a glass of milk.
Vijender Singh -
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
Victor Hugo -
Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system accountability - ensuring the success of every student.
Kate Brown -
I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
Walter Mosley
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar -
Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.
Jack Davenport -
The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
Ban Ki-moon -
I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.
Ralph Fiennes -
You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
Edgar Ramirez
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I'm on record that it didn't really traumatize me to do away with some people.
James Mattis -
I was the youngest kid on my street, the youngest comic in the clubs. I always felt like I was playing catch-up. I was very angry.
Jay Mohr -
Win or lose, I believe in giving my best and that is what I always do.
Lin Dan -
Only God can move mountains, but faith and prayer can move God.
Edward McKendree Bounds -
Thrift is not some obsolete Victorian notion. . . . It will be the difference between those who prosper and achieve respect and those who become a burden to their children and society.
Peter George Peterson -
Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.
C. S. Lewis