"All fiction is lies â€“ if it werenâ€™t, it would be biography, history, or reportage."

-- Norman Spinrad

#Lying Quotes #Biographies Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals and religion, the faster it proceeds, with the more violence will you be hurried down the road to ruin.”
“Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.”

Source : James Montgomery (1838). “Lectures on general literature, poetry &c: delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831”, p.67
“When does he ever think?" Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wind cup from Raoul. "If he were to sell his brain, he could claim it had never been used.", Chapter 7”
“You never know what you can do till you try.”
“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.”
“While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that specifically serve the public good, condemning property solely to implement economic development plans is not serving the public good.”
“The best thing about series TV is that everyone you work with is hand-picked, as compared to working on a film.”
“Yes, I am a terrorist and I am proud of it. And I support terrorism so long as it was against the United States Government and against Israel, because you are more than terrorists; you are the one who invented terrorism and using it every day. You are butchers, liars and hypocrites.”

Source : "Excerpts From Statements in Court". www.nytimes.com. January 9, 1998.

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