C. S. Lewis Quotes
Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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The typical workday, particularly in startup mode, is from nine to six or nine to seven, then you take a two-hour break to work out and eat dinner. By that time, you're relaxed, and then you work until midnight or one A.M. If there was no break with physical activity, you'd be more tired and less alert.
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Though social eugenics was discredited long ago, we still often think of the genome in quasi-eugenic terms. When we read about the latest discovery of a link between a gene and a disease, we imagine that we've learned the cause of the disease, and we may even think we'll get a cure by fixing the gene.
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Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
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I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me.
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The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity.
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Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director
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I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
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The real middle class India that has always been looking for a voice that is its very own. I write about it because I belong to it.
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Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.
