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I absorbed the lie that any smart woman would use birth control and be responsible for her body. Obviously that's not true.
A world without any lies at all is not a good world, because it's artless and because there are no white lies, no flattery.
In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.
A pin lies in wait for every bubble and when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons.
You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.
Do you recognise me?" he asked. Willie looked hard and considered before finally replying "Lie down so I can recognise you.
Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.
Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned.
The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.
You always have to lie. I've been in plays that people don't enjoy and I pray that they lie to my face when I come outside.
If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.
My idea of relaxation is not lying down by a beach. I have to move around, do stuff. Though I'm a massive quiz show person.
Perhaps the thing that most got to me was the ide - the whole thing about lying, and how pervasive lying about Vietnam was.
Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it.
Every fallen woman represents a man as guilty as herself, who escapes human detection, but whose soul lies open before God.
Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you.
Though miles may lie between us, we're never far apart, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart.
The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.
The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.
For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude
With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies.
A monster lies in wait in me,a stew of wounds and misery.But fiercer still in life and limb,the me that lies in wait in him
But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!
When I was 14, I had a job in a cake shop. I got caught by the boss, lying down eating cake, and was sacked on my first day.
I think that everybody does hustle in order to survive. That doesn't mean lying - it's more about how you handle situations.
If I told you that the big contract had nothing to do with my signing, Id be lying. It made the future secure for my family.
The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.
Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.
Let us...once and forever put an end to that lie which says that Calvinism and an interest in evangelism are not comparable.
You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear.
Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.
It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation.
I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building.
Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.
The story goes that I first had the idea for The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck.
Integrity, number one. Even in business that's predicated on lies I refuse to become part of the lies that is all-consuming.
It's been unsettling to discover that every form of narrative, even one that purports to tell the truth, is a kind of lying.
One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves.
What paralyzes life is lack of faith and lack of audacity. The difficulty lies not in solving problems but identifying them.
Go ahead and make up a ton of lies about me. That's way more interesting than pretending Wikipedia has any real information.
Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will.
You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.
A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep.
When I'm lying wrapped up in your arms, the whole world just fades away. The only thing I hear is the beating of your heart.
It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.
Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.
Our strength lies in our intensive attacks and our barbarity...After all, who today remembers the genocide of the Armenians?