"The assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deception."

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Source : Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1993). “Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction, and Democracy”, p.46, Oxford University Press on Demand

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

#Believe Quotes #Deception Quotes #Assumption Quotes

“I think you have a lot to offer... not necessarily as a person, but as an organ donor.”
“Always keep your portfolio and your risk at your own individual comfortable sleeping point.”
“Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.”
“I listen to the things people want out of love these days and they blow my mind. I go to the pub with the boys from the squad and listen while they explain, with minute precision, exactly what shape a woman should be, what bits she should shave how, what acts she should perform on which date and what she should always or never do or say or want; I eavesdrop on women in cafes while they reel off lists of which jobs a man is allowed, which cars, which labels, which flowers and restaurants and gemstones get the stamp of approval, and I want to shout, Are you people out of your tiny minds?”
“The primary success factor is knowing how to learn from others and rely on yourself.”
“I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I invite you to pray for that dear nation, which in recent days has suffered different calamities.”
“Are you a polititcian or does lyin' just run in your family?”
“We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.”

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