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A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#christian #eating #go #higher #his

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#different #different things #each #expense #gratified

I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#actor #athlete #becoming #cameo #carl

The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#counterparts #elected #elected officials #fed #fed up

I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#chance #i #intention #just #lingering

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#between #childhood #correlation #professional #professional athlete

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

People need revelation, and then they need resolution. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#people #resolution #revelation #then

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#assume #enough #man #people #praying

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!' ↗

— Damian Lewis

#britain #burnt #england #getting #ginger