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The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#campaigning #devil #dull #excellent #long

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#meaning #natural #natural order #order #organ

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#joy #pleasures #sometimes #substitutes #whether

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#entire #hidden #marriage #reconciles #sexes

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#against #amateur #back #because #discrimination

I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#education #feel #good #high #high school

I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#better #better person #block #emotion #emotional

I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#best #best intentions #give #hear #i

I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#difficult #find #hour #i #i can

When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#different #events #few #four #go