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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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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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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My father, Anthony, was a textile agent who sold fabric in the West End and was away a lot. He was very glamorous. When he first met my mum, he swept her off into this big, social world.
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If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.
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Actors are there to represent the human condition back to itself. It's never about the actor. It's about the content. That's what I strive for in my work.
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As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes.
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In the beginning, there were Real Programmers.
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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.
