C. S. Lewis Quotes
The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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The people of these states were victimized twice. First they were victimized by the hurricane. Second they were victimized by the ineptness of the government response.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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On how he met Jerry Cantrell, quoted in Layne Staley Interviewed by Don Kaye in 1996.
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If peace seems elusive in your life today, commit yourself to God, commit your concerns to Him in prayer, and then rest peacefully as you trust in Him.
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The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.
