C. S. Lewis Quotes
The most precious gift that marriage gave me was the constant impact of something very close and intimate, yet all the time unmistakably other, resistant - in a word, real.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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I didn't know much about golf growing up.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
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People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
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I have to do a better job of learning how to adjust.
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I was a folk singer who became totally over the edge with country music. I found my voice and style working with Gram Parsons. I learned how to listen to George Jones records and the Louvin Brothers.
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The most precious gift that marriage gave me was the constant impact of something very close and intimate, yet all the time unmistakably other, resistant - in a word, real.
