C. S. Lewis Quotes
'A Reply to Professor Haldane' (1946), published posthumously in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1966)
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.
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I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
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You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions and work on your smarts, develop your smarts by studying something like math. Then you'll make much better decisions on the brands of clothing that you buy or whatever it is that you want.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I had my own motor boat which we would take to Khadakvasla, but that was 40 years ago.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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I was 24 when Samori was born. His mom was 23.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
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I'm gluten intolerant, so that automatically cuts carbs from my diet.
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In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.
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I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.
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Never be afraid of the moments-thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
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We have a choice, every single day that we wake up, of what we can put into the world, and I ask you to please choose love every single day.
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Sex keeps me in shape. I don't diet, I eat what I like. I love Mars bars and I smoke and drink. But I love running off in the middle of the day to make love. It really burns up calories.
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I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.
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Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?
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It's harder to confess the sin that no one believes in Than the crime that everyone can appreciate. For the crime is in relation to the law And the sin is in relation to the sinner.
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'A Reply to Professor Haldane' (1946), published posthumously in Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1966)
