C. S. Lewis Quotes
I am struck here by the curious mixture of justice and injustice in our lives. We are blamed for our real faults but usually not on the right occasions.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
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I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
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I've always been a Nike person.
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Every label thinks, when they sign someone, 'This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They're cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.' And they say to the public, 'Here, this is what you're gonna like.' But you might say, 'No, I don't like that!' You'll probably say 'no' many more times than you'll say 'yes!'
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You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed.
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Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation.
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But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fantasy so much, but fantasy, the humanistic elements and how people relate when they're in a dire situation or comedic situation.
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To young people born under the weird planet of the SAT, intelligence was equated with agility, with raw acuity. It produced a certain sort of person of which I was a typical specimen: the mental contortionist, able to rise to almost every challenge placed before him, except the challenge of real self-knowledge.
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I am struck here by the curious mixture of justice and injustice in our lives. We are blamed for our real faults but usually not on the right occasions.
