"What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar."

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Source : Jane Rogers (2001). “Island”, p.30, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jane Rogers

#Jesus Quotes #Liars Quotes #People Quotes

“I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.”
“I respect them [Amar Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony or Dwyane Wade], but would I dress like them? No.”
“We need a new law that owners of SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles) are automatically in the military reserve. Then they can go get their own ***** oil.”
“It's better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.”
“I realize more and more how instinctively pessimistic I am of all human kindness -- since I am always so bowled over by it -- and am never surprised by injustice, malice or personal attack.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing every truth with every other truth can you take complete possession of your knowledge and get it into your power. You can think about only what you know, so you ought to learn something; on the other hand, you can know only what you have thought about.”
“Why seek a doctrine? As soon as you have a doctrine, you fall into dualistic thought.”
“I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.”

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