"We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things……" — C.S. Lewis
"We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life."
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1,827 Quotes by C.S. Lewis
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The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of…
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We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who,…
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Total war is the most humane in the long run.
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If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own…
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Unless thought is valid we have no reason to believe in the real universe.
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Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side.
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and…
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More Interruptions Quotes
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one of 118 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular…
— George Ade
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Viewed from a distance, or through the eye of the All-Knowing CEO of the Universe, the crash of 2008 followed…
— James Buchan
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Unfortunately I don't live by a Target now, so I just go to a regular Starbucks as opposed to a…
— Diablo Cody
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Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in…
— Winston Churchill
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He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to…
— Richard Hamming
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Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.
— Sydney J. Harris
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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can…
— Mario Andretti
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Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it. Cultivate regular periods of silence and meditation. The best time to build judgment…
— Grenville Kleiser
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People talk about skating, puck handling and shooting, but the whole sport is angles and caroms, forgetting the straight direction…
— Wayne Gretzky
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One thinks one's something unique and wonderful at the center of the universe, when in fact one's just a slight…
— Aldous Huxley
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One's condition on marijuana is always existential. One can feel the importance of each moment and how it is changing…
— Norman Mailer
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Instead of one-way interruption, Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the right moment that a buyer needs…
— David Meerman Scott
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