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Lie Quotes

"Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character."

"Most people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character."

Todd Rundgren, American Musician

Lie, People, Character, America

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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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"Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post."

"Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post."

Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician

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"All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies."

"All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies."

John Arbuthnot, Scottish Physicist

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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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"Weaklings must lie."

"Weaklings must lie."

Jean Paul, German Author

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"My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise."

"My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise."

Karl Shapiro, American Poet

Lie, Soul, Day, Night

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"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically."

"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically."

Diane Ackerman, American Poet

Lie, Emotions, Language, Moods

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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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"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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"Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you."

"Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

Lie, Emotions, Intellect, May

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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."

"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

Lie, People, Right

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"The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round."

"The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

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"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."

"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

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"While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph."

"While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph."

Lewis Hine, American Photographer

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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 Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Lie, Man, Violence

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"In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side."

"In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side."

B. H. Liddell Hart, British Historian

Lie, Lies, Man, Reality

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"I keep reading between the lies."

"I keep reading between the lies."

Goodman Ace, American Writer

Lie, Lies, Reading

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"Here Lies Julius Schwartz. He met his last deadline."

"Here Lies Julius Schwartz. He met his last deadline."

Julius Schwartz, American Editor

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"Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature."

"Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature."

Jack Miller, American Politician

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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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"It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison."

"It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison."

Cindy Sheehan, American Activist

Lie, People, Authority, Country

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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."

"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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"He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech."

"He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech."

Gilbert Parker, British Politician

Lie, Evil, Silence, Speech

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"With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move."

"With new jobs, new ideas, and growing confidence that our brightest days lie ahead, Wisconsin is on the move."

Jim Doyle, American Politician

Lie, Ideas, Confidence, Jobs

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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."

"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

Lie, Consciousness, Potential, Waking

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"All these things they've been saying are a pack of lies."

"All these things they've been saying are a pack of lies."

Tina Louise, American Actress

Lie, Lies, Saying

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"A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie."

"A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie."

Charles Edward Montague, English Journalist

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"This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all."

"This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all."

Jon Voight, American Actor

Lie, Country, Want

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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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"Recent economic data shows that our economy is robust, growing and headed in the right direction. The numbers don't lie. Americans are currently enjoying falling gas prices, low unemployment, increased job creation, and a stock market that has reached an all-time high."

"Recent economic data shows that our economy is robust, growing and headed in the right direction. The numbers don't lie. Americans are currently enjoying falling gas prices, low unemployment, increased job creation, and a stock market that has reached an all-time high."

J. D. Hayworth, American Politician

Lie, Americans, Creation, Direction

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"There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you."

"There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you."

Ken Follet, Welsh Author

Lie, Man, Question, Reason

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

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

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

"When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

Jean Harlow, American Actress

Lie, Dogs, Fleas

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"Here lies a nuisance dedicated to sanity."

"Here lies a nuisance dedicated to sanity."

David Low, British Cartoonist

Lie, Lies, Sanity

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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."

"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

Lie, Man, Myth, Name

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"My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two."

"My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two."

Edie Falco, American Actress

Lie, Lies, Personality

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"It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies."

"It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies."

Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician

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"The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind."

"The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind."

Augustus Y. Napier, American Psychologist

Lie, Mind, Unconscious, World

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"I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us."

"I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us."

Leverett Saltonstall, American Politician

Lie, Church, Confidence, Help

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"Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him."

"Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Lie, Superiority, Compliment, Lying

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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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"The cruelest lies are often told in silence."

"The cruelest lies are often told in silence."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Lie, Lies, Silence

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"Sanity is a cozy lie."

"Sanity is a cozy lie."

Susan Sontag, American Author

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"Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too."

"Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too."

Terry McAuliffe, American Politician

Lie, Lies, Will

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"They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out."

"They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out."

Lester Bowie, American Musician

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"The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become."

"The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become."

Harold Taylor, Canadian Politician

Lie, Achievement, Will

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"There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables."

"There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Lie, Lies, Nothing, Self, World

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"When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine."

"When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Lie, Destiny, Fathers, Fatigue

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"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

Voltaire, French Writer

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