"To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment-are all the blackest of black lies. On the other hand, to teach one to try one's best to avoid the truth-even to press it when necessary toward the outer edge of the rainbow-for a reason of kindness, or of mercy, is far closer to the heart of truth than to repeat something accurately and mercilessly that will cruelly hurt the feelings of someone."

-- Emily Post

#Hurt Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Lying Quotes

“I get so mad about ex-boyfriends, but if a boy hurts me, I don't write a song about it. They don't deserve it!”
“It's what the Iraqi people are going through right now. They have encountered a victorious, hostile force-but, you know, there they still are. There their culture is, there their history is, they're not going anywhere.”

Source : Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. May 2003.
“Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much larger number of people who are supposed to desire to share it.”
“Take care of things close to home first. Straighten up your room before you save the world. Then save the world.”

Source : Ron Padgett (2013). “Collected Poems”, p.532, Coffee House Press
“Roll big blunts, a whole ounce of reefer Rocked that 'Black and Yellow' before Wiz Khalifa It's a killer bee color scheme”
“It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help.”
“When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.”
“I am all for titillating trivialities. I am all for the epic touch. I could almost say that everything in Time, should be either titillating or epic or starkly, supercurtly factual.”

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