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Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS JOHN DONNE HARUKI MURAKAMI JACOB BRONOWSKI JOHN STEINBECK THE TALMUD CRAIG GROESCHEL DEYTH BANGER PETER SINGER GERMAINE GREER GERMAINE GREER Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON ABRAHAM LINCOLN MARQUIS DE CUSTINE LAURA SCHLESSINGER [The Guard's official reporting] constitutes a lie, ... The Guard leadership crosses their fingers a... JOSEPH DUNN Warning labels (on cigarette packs) are one thing, but they don't give the company license to lie. MADELYN CHABER I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON GERMANY KENT ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH GERMANY KENT Eyes are my best friend and I trust them, cuz they never lie to me SOTERO M LOPEZ II LEE CHILD I have run a number of campaigns and enjoyed them all until this one. I never dreamed that one perso... CARTER CASTEEL I let the players use their abilities and what they're capable of doing. If they're capable ... RYNE SANDBERG EDWARD ABBEY Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject. SERGIO ARAGONES Dreams never lie; it’s only you, who misunderstand why it comes. MUHAMMAD RAFIQ KHAN KAKAR Once they're in the cell, and they lie down or whatever they do, nature takes its own course. ALEX GARCIA Be careful with old time pictures. They often lie. WOHI PURANA ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PATRICK NESS ALFRED LORD TENNYSON RICHARD DAWKINS ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH WALT WHITMAN I'm never satisfied with losing, but I thought at times they showed signs of what they're capable of... LANCE DOTTIN Oh no, she was never elitist. She said that far too many women are the accomplices of cruel, indiffe... NINA GEORGE ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Life is like a film screen: pictures come, make an impression, go, and then make a place for new pic... DIET EMAN DEYTH BANGER People only have their kind of love to give. But does it mean they don't love with all they are capa... ALEXANDRA PINTO Life sends you angels sometimes when you're in need and, in my theory, it's usually never the people... CAMERON CROWE Don't lie to yourself? SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I support the Volcker rule, but there needs to be proper definitions around the Volcker rule so that... STEVE MNUCHIN There is nothing that I so greatly admire as purposefulness. I have an enormous respect for people w... LOUISE DICKINSON RICH SIR HUGH WALPOLE Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills o... HORACE WALPOLE Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills ... HORACE WALPOLE GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG DAVID FOSTER WALLACE VACLAV HAVEL They maintained an intimate relationship with their environment and were capable of understanding ex... DANIEL ADLER ELTON JOHN We're trying to give participants the tools to prevent many crashes, by giving them a much better un... FRED BELL We're trying to give participants the tools to prevent many crashes, by giving them a much better un... FRED BELL Some people lie and never tell the truth so won't hurt the person they love.
Some people lie and the... VANDA M "Love can be the most hurtful thing in the world. The pain in your heart and the center of someone's... PAIGE LOVE ROSE(PAIGE LIPSEY) MARK TWAIN Give Jamestown a lot of credit. They are well-coached and they shoot the ball very well. That is one... DON MEYER We're always amazed at how often people say when they are offered a buyout that they always wanted t... DUNCAN MATHISON Loyalty, honesty and integrity, are the breeding grounds of great character. Lacking just one of the... ENRIQUE VEGA PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN GERMANY KENT FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists -- whatever else they might be --... WILLIAM BLUM You see and work with many of the same people over and over again; they are all specialists in what ... RANDY WEST LOIS LOWRY Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are ove... HOWARD MITTELMARK LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Americans, in foreign policy, are torn to the point of schizophrenia. They are reluctant, than aggre... ROBERT KAGAN JULIAN BARNES You talk to tax attorneys who are not politically motivated, and they will tell you they would never... PAUL MANAFORT G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG When I first met them, I thought they were identical, but they're not. They have an incredible drive... BARD ELDEN LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON LORD BYRON LORD BYRON ADOLF HITLER JOHN O'DONOHUE It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL
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"O Charidas, what of the underworld?"
"Great darkness."
"And what of the resurrection?"
... 
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... 
You lie,” he said. “All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some ... 
You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them. 
Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; foll... 
The point is: what happens in heaven?'
No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know ... 
I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone. 
Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others ... 
How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
Men perish with whispering sins--nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that the... 
Women are all born with a special, independent organ that allows them to lie. This was Dr. Tokai's p... 
By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. Th... 
Cathy's lies were never innocent. Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility... 
For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie. 
I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ... 
And what do they want!? 
Those who lie and cheat, but do not believe what they are doing to be wrong, may be living according... 
Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false... In most instances, they comm... 
Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. The rude s... 
Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they li... 
Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... 
Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... 
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... 
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... 
People who say "no" right away are usually lying. A truthful person is perfectly capable of saying "... 
Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They a... 
In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... 
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. The... 
Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all. 
Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, dem... 
...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessari... 
They do not sweat and whine about their condition, they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for th... 
We both know... that soon everything is going to end...
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills o... 
To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation. 
Some people, from what I've seen, boo, when they lie, they become very still and centered and their ... 
Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because the... 
I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I&... 
A man's private thought can never be a lie; what he thinks, is to him the truth, always 
Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or... 
All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Bec... 
People can lie in letters, but they tend not to. They certainly lie in memoirs. 
Never give in to the obstacles that lie in your path towards the achievement of your dreams. 
Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out... 
People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit... 
Lovers may be -- and indeed generally are -- enemies, but they never can be friends, because there m... 
Lovers may be -- and indeed generally are -- enemies, but they never can be friends, because there m... 
Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there mus... 
All this was inspired by the principle--which is quite true in itself--that in the big lie there is ... 
One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silenc... 
They speak very well of you".
There is something about the very idea of a city which is central to the understanding of a planet l... 
A smart model is a good model. 
Never dull your shine for somebody else. 
When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them? 
Learning by experience often is painful- and the more it hurts, the more you learn. 
I'm not stubborn. My way is just better. 
Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that,” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced ... 
I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really car... 
A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more... 
I don't crave Hollywood. 
I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer. 
He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it. 
[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just,... 
Odd, don't you think? I have seen war, and invasions and riots. I have heard of massacres and brutal... 