C. S. Lewis Quotes
You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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Seven years sober. I'm really grateful. It's really lovely to be present in my life.
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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
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'Battlestar' was 22 episodes - 9 to 10 months a year - and we were exhausted. You finish shooting, and the last thing you want to do is go back to work. You want those 3 months off because you're tired - it's a grueling shooting schedule.
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You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.
