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Lie Quotes

"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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"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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"Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced."

"Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced."

Edward de Bono, English Psychologist

Lie, Opportunity, Ideas, Waiting

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"The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell."

"The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Lie, Lies, Will

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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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"I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one."

"I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one."

John Kendrick Bangs, American Author

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"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."

Dean Martin, American Actor

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"You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive."

"You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

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"A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism."

"A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism."

Fred W. Friendly, American Producer

Lie, Journalism

14

"When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on."

"When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

Lie, Horror, Jury, Nixon

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"I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think."

"I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think."

Evan Dando, American Musician

Lie, Fact, Guitar, Play

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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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"Behind every piece of paper lies a human situation."

"Behind every piece of paper lies a human situation."

Edward T. Hall, American Scientist

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"But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company."

"But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company."

Steve Wozniak, American Businessman

Lie, Company, Famous, First

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"I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though."

"I am such a bad liar. I would like to lie, though."

Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician

14

"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

14

"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

14

"Actions lie louder than words."

"Actions lie louder than words."

Bob Wells, American Athlete

Lie, Actions, Words

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"I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie."

"I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie."

Puff Daddy, American Musician

14

"Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true."

"Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

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"Don't lie if you don't have to."

"Don't lie if you don't have to."

Leo Szilard, American Scientist

14

"That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?"

"That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?"

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

14

"It takes good memory to keep up a lie."

"It takes good memory to keep up a lie."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

14

"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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"Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed."

"Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed."

Hippocrates, Greek Scientist

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"Although this crisis in some ways started in the United States, it is a global crisis. We bear a substantial share of the responsibility for what has happened, but factors that made the crisis so acute and so difficult to contain lie in a broader set of global forces that built up in the years before the start of our current troubles."

"Although this crisis in some ways started in the United States, it is a global crisis. We bear a substantial share of the responsibility for what has happened, but factors that made the crisis so acute and so difficult to contain lie in a broader set of global forces that built up in the years before the start of our current troubles."

Timothy Geithner, American Public Servant

Lie, Crisis, Responsibility, states

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"The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system."

"The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system."

Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist

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"The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field."

"The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

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"Will they attack us? Yes. Will they smear our backgrounds and distort our records? Undoubtedly. Will they lie about us, harass our families, namecall to try to intimidate us? They will. There's nothing safe about it. But is it worth it? Well, let me ask you. Is freedom worth it? Is America worth it?"

"Will they attack us? Yes. Will they smear our backgrounds and distort our records? Undoubtedly. Will they lie about us, harass our families, namecall to try to intimidate us? They will. There's nothing safe about it. But is it worth it? Well, let me ask you. Is freedom worth it? Is America worth it?"

Christine O'Donnell, American Politician

Lie, America, Freedom, Nothing

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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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"There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie."

"There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

13

"The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon."

"The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

13

"These newspaper reporters... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times... have got a license to lie."

"These newspaper reporters... ever since Sullivan versus New York Times... have got a license to lie."

Edward Bennett Williams, American Lawyer

13

"Many good purposes lie in the churchyard."

"Many good purposes lie in the churchyard."

Philip Massinger, British Poet

13

"We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him."

"We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him."

Sharon Tate, American Actress

13

"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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"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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"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

13

"I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse."

"I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse."

William Wyler, American Director

13

"Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit."

"Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit."

Robert J. Flaherty, American Director

13

"Creede is built of new pine boards and lies between two immense mountains covered with pines and snow."

"Creede is built of new pine boards and lies between two immense mountains covered with pines and snow."

Richard H. Davis, American Writer

Lie, Lies, Mountains, Snow

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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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"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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"Here lies one whose name was writ in water."

"Here lies one whose name was writ in water."

John Keats, English Poet

Lie, Lies, Name, Water

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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

13

"In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class."

"In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

13

"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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