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LEWIS BLACK Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, ... C.S. LEWIS I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of ho... ALAN LEWIS I'm a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley 'One Love' pos... JENNY LEWIS Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't mer... C.S. LEWIS People will buy anything that is 'one to a customer.'. SINCLAIR LEWIS Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is b... SINCLAIR LEWIS Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me. JAMAL LEWIS I really liked watching Bo Jackson run just because of his size and his speed. JAMAL LEWIS We are built to make mistakes, coded for error. LEWIS THOMAS My first boyfriend was a surfer. We bonded over loving the sun, Depeche Mode, and The Cure. 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AL LEWIS Bottom line, your body is a temple, and you have to treat it that way. That's how God designed i... RAY LEWIS The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from science, along with beha... LEWIS THOMAS I know who I am. I don't have to brag. I know what I contributed. I know what I did. You think y... AL LEWIS The fundamental laws are in the long run merely statements that every event is itself and not some d... C.S. LEWIS I can see through you See your true colors 'Cause inside you're ugly You're ugly like me... AARON LEWIS We're definitely excited to be playing the Jager tour. It's a huge deal for serious hard rock fans a... AARON LEWIS It's awesome. It's like an amusement park. AARON LEWIS