C. S. Lewis Quotes
The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. Theories as to how it did this are another matter. A good many different theories have been held as to how it works; what all Christians are agreed on is that it does work.
Quotes to Explore
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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As a child, I was hyper, I was a clown and I was sensitive. Today I'm all of the above, except I've refrained from bouncing off the walls.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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I read everything and anything. I love books.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
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I would like to think that Im more different from my character than I am.
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Our society and our organizations have learned to value masculine, 'quick-fix' traits in leaders. In a primitive society, a rural society, or even the industrial society of the early 1990s, quick fixes worked out all right. But they are less likely to work in a complex society. We need to look at long-range outcomes now. Service and patience are what can keep things running effectively today and women can contribute a lot in both of these areas.
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The word inventors have to create a new term to describe how I felt when I learned that 'Refund' was on the shortlist for the Frank O'Connor International Story prize - Excited, thrilled, honored, none of them quite do it.
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The central Christian belief is that Christ's death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start. Theories as to how it did this are another matter. A good many different theories have been held as to how it works; what all Christians are agreed on is that it does work.
