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Lie Quotes

"In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State."

"In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State."

Alexander Solzehnitsyn, Russian Novelist

Lie, Country, State

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"The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter."

"The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter."

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian Politician

Lie, Fear, Anxiety, Daughters

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"Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."

"Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."

Charles M. Schulz, American Cartoonist

Lie, Answers, Name, Night

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"The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary."

"The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary."

Agnes de Mille, American Dancer

Lie, Lies, Mind, Poor, Universe

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"A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world."

"A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world."

Ariel Sharon, Israeli Leader

Lie, Attention, Will, World

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"You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived."

"You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Lie, Job, Old, Silly

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"You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird."

"You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

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"'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell."

"'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell."

Pedro Calderon, Spanish Dramatist

Lie, Heaven, Hell, Loss

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"Sanity is a cozy lie."

"Sanity is a cozy lie."

Susan Sontag, American Author

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"The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land."

"The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land."

Arnold J. Toynbee, British Historian

Lie, Cities, Land

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"The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What's wrong with this picture?"

"The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What's wrong with this picture?"

Jef I. Richards, American Professor

Lie, Law, Wrong

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"Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie."

"Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie."

Lawrence Durrell, British Writer

Lie, Guilt, Punishment, Satisfaction

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"Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible."

"Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible."

Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician

Lie, Lies, Magic

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"The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie."

"The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie."

Andrew Vachss, American Author

Lie, Idea, Writer

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"White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion."

"White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion."

William S. Paley, American Businessman

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"Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person."

"Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person."

Stevie Wonder, American Musician

Lie, Character, Eyes

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"The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies."

"The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies."

Marc Bloch, French Historian

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"Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?"

"Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?"

Adela Florence Nicolson, English Poet

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"No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant."

"No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do."

"There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do."

John Cusack, American Actor

Lie, People, Lying, Reason

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"One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know."

"One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know."

Eduardo Chillida, Spanish Sculptor

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"I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well."

"I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

Lie, People, Fight, Want

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"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards."

"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

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"Many good purposes lie in the churchyard."

"Many good purposes lie in the churchyard."

Philip Massinger, British Poet

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"I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie."

"I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie."

Mark Wahlberg, American Actor

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"I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I."

"I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I."

Roone Arledge, American Journalist

Lie, Network, News, Past

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"I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest."

"I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest."

Larry Speakes, American Public Servant

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"Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup."

"Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup."

Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer

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"What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists."

"What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists."

Peter Nivio Zarlenga, American Author

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"Justice and judgment lie often a world apart."

"Justice and judgment lie often a world apart."

Emmeline Pankhurst, English Activist

Lie, Judgment, Justice, World

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"To the rest of us the supreme vindication of the scholar's view lies in their invincible allegiance to the Jewish heritage - a steadfastness that has been matched only by that of their rescuers."

"To the rest of us the supreme vindication of the scholar's view lies in their invincible allegiance to the Jewish heritage - a steadfastness that has been matched only by that of their rescuers."

Henrietta Szold, American Activist

Lie, Lies, Rest

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"New York is something awful, something monstrous. I like to walk the streets, lost, but I recognize that New York is the world's greatest lie. New York is Senegal with machines."

"New York is something awful, something monstrous. I like to walk the streets, lost, but I recognize that New York is the world's greatest lie. New York is Senegal with machines."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

Lie, Machines, World

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"An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded."

"An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

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"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie."

"There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Lie, Sickness, Words

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"In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable."

"In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable."

Helen Gahagan, American Actress

Lie, Lies, Trying

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"You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside."

"You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside."

James Daly, American Actor

Lie, Ideas, Job, Midnight

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"A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination."

"A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination."

Hal Borland, American Author

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"For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities."

"For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities."

Derrick Jensen, American Author

Lie, Lies, Living

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"You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie."

"You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie."

Tori Amos, American Musician

Lie, People, Saying

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"When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around."

"When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around."

Ken Kesey, American Author

Lie, Shakespeare, Writing

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"An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country."

"An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country."

Henry Wotton, English Author

Lie, Country, Man

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"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."

"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

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"I could lie and tell you I'm a hardcore gamer - I'm not."

"I could lie and tell you I'm a hardcore gamer - I'm not."

Josie Maran, American Model

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"Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."

"Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."

Alexander Solzehnitsyn, Russian Novelist

Lie, Man, Violence

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"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."

"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."

James Bovard, American Author

Lie, Lies, Responsibility

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"I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack."

"I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack."

Simon Pegg, British Comedian

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"A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour."

"A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Lie, Desire, Intention, Words

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"The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie."

"The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

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"I'm not going to lie to you fellas, I've been drinking."

"I'm not going to lie to you fellas, I've been drinking."

Artie Lange, American Actor

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"I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity, my name is no longer my own."

"I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity, my name is no longer my own."

River Phoenix, American Actor

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