"Walking purposefully, in the knowledge that no one with their sleeves rolled up who walks purposefully with a piece of paper held conspicuously in their hand is ever challenged, he set off across the wood and canvas wonderland of Interesting and Instructive Kinematography."

Deception, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Happiness

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"I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today."

Sarah Palin, American Politician

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"You can trust bad liars."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"When you become complacent with someone lying, whether it is a close friend, the media, or your government, then you have essentially given them permission to continue to do so and most often at your expense."

Gary Hopkins, American Author

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"The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars."

Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer

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"Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception."

Edward V. Lucas, American Writer

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"She looks honestly upset, but then, I've learned that I can't read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they're always lying."

Holly Black, American Author

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"If you want your lie to be believed then you need to speak thousand truths before you lie."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"You and your sister are very dear to each other. To show your regard, you give each other lovely bouquets of lies."

Holly Black, American Author

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"Lies make for pathetic allies."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

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Explore more quotes by Terry Pratchett

"The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one."

Gender

"A mirror can contain the reflection of the whole universe, a whole skyful of stars in a piece of silvered glass no thicker than a breath."

Universe

"It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad."

Humor

"He had the kind of real deep tan that rich people spent ages trying to achieve with expensive holidays and bits of tinfoil, when really all you need to do to obtain one is work your arse off in the open air everyday."

Hope

"His granny taught him to read, see. I reckon it overheated his mind."

Education

"I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people."

Growth

"There is never a bad time for a pun. There's also never really a good time for a pun. You might as well just stay braced for a pun at all times, and ride them when they come with as much grace as you can manage.The fact that you can replace 'pun' with 'disaster' in the last three rules says a lot about the human race."

Humor

"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp."

Writing

"The Tezuman Empire in the jungle valleys of central Klatch is known for it organic market gardens, its exquisite craftsmanship in obsidian, feathers and jade, and its mass human sacrifices in honor of Quezovercoatl, the Feathered Boa, god of mass human sacrifices."

History

"The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys."

Society