#lay

As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

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If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur. ↗

— Robert Crandall

#brothers #lay #off #today #were

The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused them to favor and to seek some form of political organization which was capable of protecting their property and promoting its interest. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#behind #capable #citizens #favor #federalism

I always played to win. ↗

— Hansie Cronje

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You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#how #invent #must #old #old ones

I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology. ↗

— Hume Cronyn

#author #back #everything #goes #grabbed

The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#decline #i #imagine #judged #made

People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#excellent #funny #i #people #player

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#i #know #life #my life #play

I put a lot of time and energy and thought behind what I do and the characters that I create, and I don't want to do anything peripheral that is going to make an audience see me up there on the screen rather than who I'm playing. ↗

— Billy Crudup

#audience #behind #characters #create #energy