"Appearances are deceiving."

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Aesop

#Appearance Quotes #Deceiving Quotes #Miscellaneous Quotes

“Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating thing to dip a toe into, but you couldn't live in it all the time. Besides, it always made his skin wrinkle.”
“Reality is not easy, but all this make-believe doesn't make it easier.”
“I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food.”
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of property were just what Aristotle did not talk about. They are the conditions of happiness; but the essence of happiness, according to Aristotle, is virtue. So the moderns decided to deal with the conditions and to let happiness take care of itself.”

Source : Ibn Warraq (2013). “Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy”, p.15, Encounter Books
“Reconciliation will not work if it puts a higher value on symbolic gestures and overblown promises rather than the practical needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in areas like health, housing, education and employment.”
“I have my own experience in Indonesia, of course. Sometimes in these transition situations, the new governments are still clumsy and awkward in responding to this new environment in which they operate. The only thing in their DNA is the old regime.”

Source : "Sri Mulyani Indrawati: 'You must make growth inclusive - you have to protect the poor'". Interview with Heather Stewart, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2012.
“I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.”
“I don't want to control anybody's mind or anybody's heart -- I just want to help free people from the concert of sex as evil instead of a gift from God.”

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