C. S. Lewis Quotes
If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it.C. S. Lewis
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
Salman Rushdie -
I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
Sam Smith -
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
Maggie Q -
I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
Captain Beefheart -
Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
Barbra Streisand -
An indictment of entitlements has to focus on the huge 'social wealth' that the welfare state creates at the stroke of the pen. Yet statistical tests of the effects of welfare spending on employment yield erratic results.
Edmund Phelps -
I do think one should have clean feet.
Manolo Blahnik -
The more energy-efficient we become as a nation, the less we need to develop additional energy sources.
Lamar S. Smith -
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
E. O. Wilson -
Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
Ralph Merkle
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
Venus Williams -
I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
Taylor Wilson -
Inauguration Day is like two ships passing in the night: the new staff moving in while the other walks out, taking one final look at the White House lawn as they leave with their cardboard box of possessions.
Dana Perino -
I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
Rachel McAdams -
The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
Felix Frankfurter
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Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power.
Marquis de Sade -
Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given rotten peaches, we will make cobblers; if given scraps, we will make quilts; take away our drums, and we will clap our hands. We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need. We need confidence in our knowledge of who we are.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. -
Doing good for the community is something that should be a part of who you are. The more you get, the more you should give back.
Mark Salling -
A lot of people my age think stand up sucks.
Aziz Ansari -
If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it.
C. S. Lewis