C. S. Lewis Quotes
A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire." "With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep. "No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.
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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
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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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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done.
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Having fans wherever I go gives me an energy, and it is the source of my power.
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I'm working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, she's a smarter and better editor than I am.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
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I am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.
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Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.
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Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy fruit, you can never be entirely content with the world that you grew up in. Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.
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She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everything.
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It seemed to me the perfect company for the 21st century would be one that was technology-orientated with great content and national scale.
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There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.
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I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off.
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A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire." "With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep. "No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it.
