"The heartbreaking necessity of lying about reality and the heartbreaking impossibilty of lying about it"

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Lying Quotes #Reality Quotes #Heartbreaking Quotes

“The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.”

Source : Gerrit Smith (1856). “Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress”, p.18
“The problem for me with liberals is that we've abdicated our moral responsibility to the universe.”
“In rock, paper, scissors the key is, and this is the best piece of advice that I can give you, if you do think that you recognize the pattern from your opponent, it's good to try to throw a tie as opposed to a win. A tie will very often get you a tie or a win, whereas a win will get you a win or a loss. For example, if you think that someone might throw a rock, it's good to throw rock back at them. You should be going for ties. That's actually a really good strategy to win at rock, paper, scissors. There's my rock, paper, scissors advice for you.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Ninety percent of putts that are short, don't go in.”
“The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of what is obscene.”

Source : "The joy of sex" by Libby Brooks, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2001.
“A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.”
“We need artists to help us come together and share our voices and build community around powerful issues concerning our roles in the world and our planet's survival. Compassion must be translated into action.”
“I want my tombstone to read: If this is a joke, I don't get it.”

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