Fake People Quotes - Page 5

• Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

  Sitting Bull

  Native American, Men, Sight

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• It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

  Tom Brokaw

  Journalism, Storytelling, Knows

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• A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Funny, Appreciation

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.690, Pan Macmillan

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• You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

  William S. Burroughs

  Quality, Meals, Great Writing

  William S. Burroughs (1988). “The Western Lands”, Penguin Group USA

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• Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.

  Bertrand Russell

  Math, Talking, May

  "Mathematics and Metaphysicians" (1901)

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• Most style is not honest enough.

  F. L. Lucas

  Style, Honest, Enough

  F. L. Lucas (2012). “How to Write Powerful Prose: An essay by the author of 'Style'”, p.10, Harriman House Limited

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• Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.

  Dick Schaap

  Book, Writing, Fighting

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• It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

  Tom Stoppard

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Government

  Jumpers act 1 (1972) See Nast 1; Somoza 1

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• In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.

  Cleopatra

  Praise, Antony, People

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• The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

  Anna Quindlen

  Confidence, Letting Go, Being Yourself

  Anna Quindlen (2009). “Being Perfect”, p.15, Random House

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• I saw something in a program on something in Miami, and they were saying, "We've redecorated this building to how it looked over 50 years ago!" And people were going, "No, surely not, no. No one was alive then."

  Eddie Izzard

  Years, Alive, Saws

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• He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

  Maimonides

  Confused, Fall, Infidelity

  Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.290, Moses Maimonides

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• The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

  Harry Houdini

  Burning, Eating, Performances

  Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.41, 谷月社

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• We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Believe, White, Catholic

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• I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.

  Shirley Jackson

  Writing, Giving, Facts

  Shirley Jackson (2008). “The Lottery”, p.28, The Creative Company

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• It's my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they're not fake.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Fake, Body, Breasts

  "For The Record: Quick News On Lindsay Lohan, Rihanna, Hilary Duff, Kelly Clarkson, Avenged Sevenfold & More". www.mtv.com. July 10, 2006.

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• There's something magical about spending a Sunday night watching real people at a deli, then watching fake people pretending to be real on TV, then engaging in (arguably) false interaction with (arguably) real people on the Internet. Never at any prior point in time has this been possible.

  Diablo Cody

  Real, Sunday, Night

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• Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.

  Aleister Crowley

  Children, Fear, Form

  "The Confessions of Aleister Crowley". Book by Aleister Crowley. Chapter 49, 1969.

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• Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

  Bette Davis

  Mirrors, Ukulele, Actors

  Whitney Stine, Bette Davis (1990). “"I'd love to kiss you-- ": conversations with Bette Davis”, Thorndike Pr

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• TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

  Tom Brokaw

  Fickle, Television, Tvs

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• It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Birthday, Believe, Politics

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.215, Verso

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• We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

  James A. Baldwin

  Deeds, Belief, Reactions

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• Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

  Jacques Barzun

  Routine, Ends, Cultural Change

  Jacques Barzun (1959). “The House of Intellect”

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• Just take our name off the list. . . . The nomination is meaningless, because it's not voted on by the fans . . . .

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Names, Fans, Nominations

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• A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Love, Change, Dream

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (1896). “Morse, John T.Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes”

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