"I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is."

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Source : Nancy Farmer (2002). “The House of the Scorpion”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

Nancy Farmer

#Running Quotes #Lying Quotes #Dark Quotes

“Even an idle phone conversation when driving takes a 40 percent bite out of your focus and, surprisingly, can have the same effect as being drunk.”
“A system of metaphor (pointing to a higher power) that one takes inside oneself as the truth and through its rules one aligns ones inner and outer behavior, submitting ones ego or will to the will of a higher power.”
“I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of selfâ€”evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the â€˜instantly availableâ€™.”
“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.”
“The big thing is hydrating the day before the race. I will have 20 ounces of water right when I get up in the morning the day before, and I'll drink throughout the day.”
“Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.”

Source : Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.40, Cato Institute
“You don't have permission to disrespect yourself.”

Source : "The Mysterious Martin de Maat". "Chicago Reader" Newspaper, February 23, 2001.
“Your thoughts of God are too human”

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