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Whether we live to a vigorous old age lies not so much in our stars or in our genes but in ourselves.
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work.
We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.
Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome. [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]
The one you love leans forward, smiles, deceives you, Opens a door through which you see dark dreams.
The rainy Pleiads wester Orion plunges prone, And midnight strikes and hastens, And I lie down alone.
How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.
For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
I'm frightened of nothing anymore," answered Fell simply, "except lies. For they're the real killers.
There are two things that you have to lie to get through. One is politics, and the other is marriage.
When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.
The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.
Meaning lies in the magic of the coincidence that you should come across work at just the right time.
Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.
The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them. It’s for their own good.
One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.
I would like to say that I am a very relaxed, loving person who is not competitive, but that's a lie!
I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.
You can't close your eyes to the lies perpetrated by dangerous fools / 'cos they're handing out rules
The only hope, or else despair Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre - To be redeemed from fire by fire.
But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.
The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.
In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves.
Your duty is to pray for the welfare of the world and to work for it as far as it lies in your power.
I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.
When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths men miscall their lives.
If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.
Every athlete wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and I'd be lying if I said that's not what I wanted.
The Moon and Pleiades have set, / Midnight is nigh, / The time is passing, passing, yet / Alone I lie.
Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.
It takes two seconds to tell the truth and it costs nothing. A lie takes time and it costs everything.
The key to most difficulties does not lie in the dilemmas themselves, but in our relationship to them.
Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power.
People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.
A background of wrath, which can be stirred up to the murderous infernal pitch, does lie in every man.
I have a friend who is an excellent liar. His secret: Believe the lie yourself when you're telling it.
They are evil people, the press, the media, they are bad people, and nobody, nobody lies like they do.
Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.
The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.
I don't want to lie, play games, hurt somebody, or get hurt. You can only go forward in one direction.
The future of every community lies in capturing the passion, imagination, and resources of its people.
Now don't you ever tell a lie just confide in me Would you die 4 me? Tell me baby would you ride 4 me?
"Lawyers Are": Those whose interests and abilities lie in perverting, confounding and eluding the law.
I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.
Art is recuperation from time. I lie back convalescing upon the prospect of a harvest already at hand.
You can call me a fat, balding, talentless old queen who can't sing, but you can't tell lies about me.
Whilst my physicians by their love are grown Cosmographers, and I their map, who lie Flat on this bed.
The heart of their [Walsingham Witnesses] religion seemed to lie in disproving the religion of others.
The schools I went to as a kid made me wary. It was clear to me that everything was a lie except math.