C. S. Lewis Quotes
Before we can be cured we must want to be cured. Those who really wish for help will get it; but for many modern people even the wish is difficult.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
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To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.
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Both SOPA and PIPA are toxic. My view is that anyone who supports these bills either doesn't understand what they are supporting or is simply no friend of innovation. And, if you are no friend of innovation, I can't support you in any way, as innovation is the lifeblood of our economy, our country, and what I've dedicated my life to.
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I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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Before we can be cured we must want to be cured. Those who really wish for help will get it; but for many modern people even the wish is difficult.
