"We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us."

-- Denis Diderot

#Lying Quotes #Bitter Quotes #Flattery Quotes

“You can't be positive to everybody. A lot of people want to focus on flaws and negativity, especially on the Internet because that's their only voice. I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff. I pay attention to opportunities coming my way, gays and lesbians telling me what I've done for them, organizations in my community that always want to work with me.”

Source : Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. May 25, 2008.
“Style is like a muscle: you have to exercise it regularly or you'll lose it.”
“Although a biologist, I must confess I do not understand how life came about...Â I consider that life only starts at the level of a functional cell. The most primitive cells may require at least several hundred different specific biological macro-molecules. How such already quite complex structures may have come together, remains a mystery to me. The possibility of the existence of a Creator, of God, represents to me a satisfactory solution to this problem.”
“The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?”
“If you love acting and you've ever experienced theater, then you know that in a movie it's almost impossible to live out that experience, unless you're a Pacino or a De Niro or somebody who gets to pick their parts.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't have a computer - I don't like to get into it that much 'cause it can screw with your head a little”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.”
“We can look high or we can look low in books or in journals, but the result is the same. The scientific literature has no answers to the question of the origin of the immune system.”

Source : "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial". www.pbs.org. November 13, 2007.

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