"Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic."

-- Terry Eagleton

#Lying Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Earth Quotes

“In fact, pro wrestling is strong.”
“In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they have been infinitely more effective in getting away with it.”
“It is my view that these circumstances indicate the universe was created for man to live in.”
“It was suicide. Others killed themselves with poison or with a revolver. I killed myself with minutes and hours.”

Source : Henri Barbusse (2005). “The Inferno”, p.44, 1st World Publishing
“Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol.”
“I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.”
“When I stop asking questions, something's wrong.”
“I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he's terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time.”

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