"Eighty percent of language lies to us."

-- Deena Metzger

#Lying Quotes #Language Quotes

“It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.”
“You know how I play it, better safe than sorry 'stead of searching for substance at every single party.”
“If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.”
“When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one.”
“A cold, calculating nightmare. Sharp as a finely honed blade. 'The Lucid Dreaming' cuts, separating the flesh before you even know you've been injured. It makes you bleed as a reader.”
“Graves: Itâ€™s going to snow. Dru Anderson: Thanks for the warning. Graves: Hey, no problem. First oneâ€™s free.”
“In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our profound scholar must have consisted entirely of Latin books.”
“Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.”

Source : "Aging" by Paulina Porizkova, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 21, 2010.

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