"It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation."

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"It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation."

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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"To say I'm the easiest person to live with would be a lie."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

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"Here lies a nuisance dedicated to sanity."

David Low, British Cartoonist

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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."

William James, American Philosopher

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"A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars."

David Antin, American Poet

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"I lied to everybody. I lie very well, being an actress, naturally."

Lynn Fontanne, American Actress

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"I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul."

Elia Kazan, American Director

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"I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody."

Mike Krzyzewski, American Coach

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"Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing."

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"I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it."

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"When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly."

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"Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out."

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"From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends."

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"Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else."

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