"In general, generalization is to lie, to tell lies."

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B.S. Johnson

#Lying Quotes #Generalization Quotes

“Were a man's sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life, it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.”
“I think poetry can be a kind of secular way in which people can be led to approach the difficult parts of their life, where there's been loss, where there's sadness of a deep kind. If poetry can help people to be more at ease in expressing even to themselves a lot of the darkness and pain of ordinary human existence, then it's serving some kind of cultural role, perhaps more than a cultural role, perhaps it is serving something of a spiritual role.”
“Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.”
“Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.”
“Paint your vision, develop tasks, prioritize action steps and do it now.”
“I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and know that South African music was still alive.”
“If you want to improve your life and the lives of those around you, you must take action.”
“I always try to avoid anything that has to do with my life.”

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