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If nothing will finally survive of life besides what artists report of it, we have no right to report what we know to be lies.
In its broadest term, religion says that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in rightful relations to it.
From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies.
It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.
...it was imaginative people who tended to lie. Lying required making stuff up, and only imaginative people were good at that.
Any player that says they don't want to go to an All-Star Game is lying to you. It's something everyone wants to be a part of.
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.
Raphael, tell him you won’t do anything to him if I get ‘damaged.’ ” “That would be a lie, Elena. I would tear out his throat.
And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express
It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is no need to judge your-self.
Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.
Through . . . lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. . . . Lies become an inhibitor in your relationship . . . .
I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming.
If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.
The splendors of earth do not simply lie in their roles as human resources, supports of culture, or stimulators of experience.
They [Afghans] understand the difficult truth that their best hope of freedom lies in a temporary experience of imperial rule.
Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest.
Whatever we had is over. It died the minute I walked downstairs and realized the world I'd always known was a lie.- Blaire Wynn
If it was Europe that gave us on the coast some idea of our history, it was Europe, I feel, that also introduced us to the lie.
The old saw says, 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Right. Still, when there is much at stake it is better to get a newspaper to do it.
[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn't tell a lie and now they have one who can't tell the truth.
We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.
Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known.
I would be lying I didn't mention I saw Dominick Cruz's performance at UFC 178 and was impressed by his dominating performance.
Are all knights so gentle? (Taryn) I know not, Taryn, since I don’t make it my habit to lie abed with other knights. (Sparhawk)
Justification for infidelity and dishonesty in all their manifestations lies in the marginal cost economics of “just this once.
This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people.
We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet.
The very foundation of the living of life lies in the desire of every man to give service to fulfill the needs of his neighbor.
It’s terrible to lie in chains, To rot in dungeon deep, But it’s still worse, when you are free To sleep, and sleep, and sleep.
Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.
Wouldst thou ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you.
I could become like that dyslexic agnostic in the old joke - the one who lies in bed and tries to figure out if his dog exists.
I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.
Every painting has a weakness and a breaking point, where the essence of a painting lies. In my case it is never in the centre.
You can easily tell if a person is lying and cheating on you if they say, I love you. I would never lie to you or cheat on you.
Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.
While love ceaselessly strives toward that which lies at the hiddenmost center, hatred only perceives the topmost surface . . .
Perhaps by sharing my personal weight-loss journey on television, I can help others confront the truth and lies behind obesity.
In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.
The planet's hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science.
I'm sick of the cover-ups, I'm sick of the lies, and so are the bloody veterans, that come out daily of the department's mouth.
It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.
The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.
and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed.
Sweet May lies fresh before us, To life the young flowers leap, And through the Heaven's blue o'er us The rosy cloudlets sweep.
The arts and humanities teach us who we are and what we can be. They lie at the very core of the culture of which we're a part.
The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.