"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth."

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Source : "American Speaker : Your Guide to Successful Speaking". Book by Aram Bakshian, 1992.

Otto von Bismarck

#Truth Quotes #Military Quotes #Writing Quotes

“From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by imagination. The volcanic plug might be black Plasticine, the castle balanced solidly atop it a skewed rendition of crenellated building bricks. The orange street lamps are crumpled toffee-wrappers glued to lollipop sticks.”

Source : Ian Rankin (2010). “Dead Souls: An Inspector Rebus Novel”, p.3, Macmillan
“You can't really put a time limit on how long someone will grieve.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Gastronomers of the year 1825, who find sateity in the lap of abundance, and dream of some newly-made dishes, you will not enjoy the discoveries which science has in store for the year 1900, such as foods drawn from the mineral kingdom, liqueurs produced by the pressure of a hundred atmospheres; you will never see the importations which travelers yet unborn will bring to you from that half of the globe which has still to be discovered or explored. How I pity you!”
“Fans of different races, castes, ethnicities and religions who together celebrate their diversity by uniting for a common national cause. They are my foundation, they are my family. I will play my cricket for them. Their spirit is the true spirit of cricket. With me are all my people. I am Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. I am a Buddhist, a Hindu, a follower of Islam and Christianity. I am today, and always, proudly Sri Lankan”

Source : "The Spin's cricket moments of 2011" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2011.
“First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.”
“I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.”
“Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a surplus of $236 billion.”
“I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain”

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