C. S. Lewis Quotes

Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers.

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I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out.
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I'm not really a pianist.
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Maddie Ziegler is the most amazing dancer I've ever seen, and I'm so obsessed with her. I was obsessed with her even before she did her first Sia video.
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I would have 55 dogs if I could. I'm hoping one day to open my own shelter.
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What does dating mean?
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I'm super organized, but a horrible house cleaner.
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I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.
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If you try to force yourself into change, then change will never stick.
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Just like keeping a healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods is just as important for getting the most out of your workout.
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I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine... before she realizes she's reading.
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Being from the Midwest, I would say that I like that East Coast mentality, it's more direct. What you see is what you get.
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The second I tell myself I have to do something, I'm sure to do the opposite.
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The deaf community is hungry to see itself in the most positive way.
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Illicit weapons have always been available to those who can afford them, but they have not generally been the latest state-of-the-art equipment, which requires experience and expertise to use.
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There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.
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I've always enjoyed things a little more chaotic than most people would prefer. I feel that I run well in chaos.
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Given that all our lives rest on work that defines us, the business of labor, the wealth that work manifests itself to, I find it odd that not much is written about it. We talk about relationships, damage, adultery, revolution, but we don't talk about work.
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I went to a lot of theatre. My parents were very involved with the performing arts. I went to nightclub shows when I was a little girl. We went to Florida and we would go to the Cocoanut Grove down there. We'd go see Lena Horne, Jimmy Durante, Sophie Tucker and Judy Garland.
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The female woman is one of the greatest institooshuns of which this land can boste.
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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
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Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them
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Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers.