Rumor Quotes - Page 5

• Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.

  Selma Lagerlöf

  Tongue, Repeats, Ifs

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• Shh" he said. "Look." "Where?" "Can't you see'um?" he whispered. "All the Terabithians standing on tiptoe to see you." "Me?" "Shh, yes. There's a rumor going around that the beautiful girl arrving today might be the queen they've been waiting for.

  Katherine Paterson

  Beautiful, Girl, Queens

  "Bridge to Terabithia". Book by Katherine Paterson, October 21, 1977.

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• Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports.

  Will Eisner

  Rivers, Secret, Curiosity

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• It's important to be aware of how we treat others. Even though someone appears to shrug off a sideways comment or to not be affected by a rumor, it's impossible to know everything else going on in that person's life, how we might be adding to his/her pain. People do have an impact on the lives of others; that's undeniable.

  Jay Asher

  Pain, Impact, People

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.298, Penguin

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• You've all heard some rumors about me over the years. I guess this is the moment to do it. My name is Richard Gere and I am a l*sbian.

  Richard Gere

  Years, Names, Moments

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• Rumors of coal's demise may have been greatly exaggerated.

  Alan Johnson

  May, Coal, Demise

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• Contrary to the rumours you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the planet Earth.

  Barack Obama

  Father, Krypton, Earth

  "US elections: Barack Obama jokes he is Superman". www.telegraph.co.uk. October 17, 2008.

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• Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any truth to the rumor that he had no formal education beyond the age of eleven? In any event, is he able to construct a simple English sentence? Do his participles dangle? When moved to lyricism, does he write "I had a fun time"? Was he ever arrested for burglary? I don't know that you will prove anything this way, but it is perfectly harmless and quite soothing.

  Jean Kerr

  Fun, Writing, Acceptance

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• The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.

  Mumia Abu-Jamal

  War, Lying, Media

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• Remember evil Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? He vanished for 10 days. He had disappeared and there were a lot of rumors. One rumor was he had disappeared because he had himself executed.

  David Letterman

  Evil, Remember, Dictator

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• Honestly, I wasn't that girl in high school who people spread rumors about.

  Josie Loren

  Girl, School, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The big rumor going around is, we may begin bombing Iraq. Or, as the White House calls it, Operation Keep Enron Off The Front Page.

  Jay Leno

  Iraq, White, House

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• When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had it I was an idler. When I pretended I couldn't write a novel, people said I couldn't write. When I acted like a liar, they called me a liar. When I acted like a rich man, they started the rumor I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumor that I was faking suffering. The world is out of joint.

  Osamu Dazai

  Pain, Liars, Writing

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• I like James Franco. I think he's really cute. I remember a while ago there was a rumor going around that he was getting married and all my friends and I were freaking out. Yeah, I think he's cute!

  Miranda Cosgrove

  Cute, Thinking, Married

  "Exclusive Interview with Despicable Me's Miranda Cosgrove!". Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 9, 2010.

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• There was a rumor that Jesse Jackson was going to go over there to talk with the Taliban, apparently they were having trouble rhyming the word Jihad.

  Jay Leno

  Rhyming, Trouble, Jihad

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• I am aware of the haters and bad rumors. I'd be lying if I say I don't care, but I try my best not to.

  Jay Park

  Lying, Trying, Care

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• I heard this rumor that al Qaeda is merging with Hamas. Yeah, I got that tip from Martha Stewart.

  David Letterman

  Als, Yeah, Al Qaeda

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• Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israels security as absolute.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Believe, Israel, Views

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• Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.

  Josh Billings

  Fighting, Bees

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• How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between shows and substance!

  Philip Sidney

  Blow, Substance, Judgment

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• A rumor is like a check--never endorse it till you're sure it's genuine.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Checks, Genuine

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• On Rumor's tongue continual slanders ride.

  William Shakespeare

  Tongue, Slander

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• It seems to me that rumors and dreams of justice are part of a dialectic of injustice and dreams of justice will be with us for as long as there's injustice, and that doesn't seem to be in short supply.

  James C. Scott

  Dream, Long, Justice

  "An Interview with James C. Scott | Harry G. West and Celia Plender". Gastronomica Interview, gastronomica.org. March 14, 2017.

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• It`s probably fair to say I have taken myself too seriously on some jobs. I`m sure I`m more guilty of being difficult than I`d like to remember. I don`t regret my desires; I`ve regretted the way I would communicate my desires. Maybe I`ve lost a job because of some rumor, I doubt it. But nobody good that I`ve worked with has ever said anything negative about me, because we`ve never had a negative experience. By good, I mean directors who do their homework, people that are passionate, crazy, never sleep, and do like I do and just go after it.

  Val Kilmer

  Jobs, Regret, Crazy

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• Baby boomers selling your rumors of their history, forcein' youth away from the truth of what's real today

  Mike Watt

  Baby, Real, Today

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