C. S. Lewis Quotes
This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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Inside, I've got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.
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Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It's about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
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Listen: I'm OK cute. I'm no stunner.
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All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman.
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The hardware world tends to move into software form at the speed of light.
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We don't want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew members' best interests in mind because they may be serving a union of one of our competitors. They are trying to equalize us and take away our competitive advantage.
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The white May blossom swooned slowly into the open mouth of the grave.
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This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.
