"Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever."

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Source : Eartha Kitt (1989). “Confessions of a sex kitten”, Barricade Books Incorporated

Eartha Kitt

#Truth Quotes #Lying Quotes #Forever Quotes

“The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.”
“Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.”

Source : John Jay Chapman, Richard Stone (1998). “Unbought Spirit: A John Jay Chapman Reader”, p.22, University of Illinois Press
“If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts.”
“I had no taste for defeat â€” much less victory â€” without a fight.”
“The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government corruption, children lured into organized crime and random violence that took the lives of countless innocent people.”
“The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter...”

Source : James Elkins (2004). “What Painting Is”, p.2, Routledge
“The hardest thing about being a guy is that women don't accept that you really are just a simple, pathetic, labrador retriever-like creature. That we live in a world were women actually expect you to think thoughtful thoughts, and have real emotions, which we don't have. Having to try to live up to the imaginary ideal that women have of what men are, instead of just being what you are, which is just a pathetic creature, but still.”
“I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.”

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