C. S. Lewis Quotes
The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
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I get homesick.
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The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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Layne Staley Interviewed by Don Kaye in 1996.
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Your traditions change from when you are child to when you become an adult.
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It has been my experience that work on the screen clarifies stage portrayals and vice versa. You learn to make your face express more in making movies, and in working for the theater you have a sense of greater freedom.
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Shouldn't a great museum foster serious seeing before all else?
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Akhnaten is kind of a dark, kind of mysterious character. We don't know a lot about him - a lot of information on him was lost. But he obviously was a kind of iconoclast of him time. I guess I'm attracted to people like that. Like [Albert] Einstein also, who radically changed our way of thinking about the world we live in.
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The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.
