"Why am I attracted to all these lying quotes all of a sudden? Hereâ€™s another one. This one by Phillip Lopate: â€˜(Children know it better than adults) that in telling a lie, fidelity is everything.â€™"

-- Phillip Lopate

#Children Quotes #Lying Quotes #Adults Quotes

“Americans of all ages are earning less than they did two decades ago when adjusted for inflation. Yet theyâ€™re paying more in taxes.”
“Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.”
“It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times.”
“Then, as she turned to walk away, Fred dropped the guillotine."So we're making Ev CEO," he said, his fork clenched in his hand. "You're going to get a passive chairman role and a silent board seat. We have some paperwork for you and a recommendation for a lawyer."Jack felt like he had just been hit in the face with a baseball bat. "Say that again," he stuttered to Fred, thinking he had heard incorrectly.Fred repeated himself almost verbatim: We're making Ev CEO. You're getting a passive chairman role. You will have a silent board seat. Here's the paperwork. Call a lawyer.”
“But man does not create...he discovers.”
“write what readers want to read, which isnâ€™t necessarily what you want to write.”
“Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky.”
“This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.”

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