#tin

Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#english #fantastic #kind #summit #translation

I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty. ↗

— Monica Lewinsky

#certainly #continued #could #did #house

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#every #form #point #simply #testing

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

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

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

It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#because #busy #film #film set #good

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#because #examine #experience #isolated #narrow

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#conceal #dramatically #interesting #more #rather