"To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all."

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Source : Elspeth Huxley (2011). “The Mottled Lizard”, p.105, Random House

Elspeth Huxley

#Artist Quotes #Essence Quotes #Practice Quotes

“We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.”
“This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.”
“In doubt if an action is just, abstain.”
“Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.”
“Programs like 'Jeopardy' and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' are ridiculous. They're the stupidest shows in history. They're making us dumber. They don't give us information, they give us facts, factoids. You don't learn who Napoleon was and how he was motivated. You learn what year he was born, and when he died. That's useless.”
“Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The full beauty of the subject of generating functions emerges only from tuning in on both channels: the discrete and the continuous.”
“The authentic self is the soul made visable.”

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