"No fiction, no myths, no lies, no tangled webs - this is how Irie imagined her homeland. Because homeland is one of the magical fantasy words like unicorn and soul and infinity that have now passed into language."

-- Zadie Smith

#Lying Quotes #Tangled Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.”
“As has often been said, a ship is like a lady's watch, always out of repair.”

Source : Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (2001). “Two Years Before the Mast”, p.15, Digital Scanning Inc
“The science of anti-Semitism has as its object Judaism as a social problem, being thus, necessarily, the synthesis of all sciences that can contribute to its solution.”

Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
“If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.”
“They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere they declare that slavery shall not go into the Territories.”

Source : Robert Augustus Toombs (1860). “Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs: On the Crisis. Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, December 7, 1860”, p.8
“I have now transformed into a sensitive; a person who is able to detect when spirits are present. It's a skill that's evolved over hundreds of paranormal investigations and has taught me that the human body is the best means of paranormal detection. I've become a fine-tuned instrument of spiritual sensitivity.”
“Even when I was No. 1 in the world, I was taking it one match at a time. I never was a player to look too far ahead, the way draws can pan out.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The government is a giant logjam in the eternal river of human potential.”

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