"The wrong word is like a lie jammed inside the story."

-- Grace Paley

#Lying Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.”
“At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.”
“Let us not take what we eat for granted; let us view our meals as an opportunity to give our Lord praise.”
“I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.”
“I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.”
“Is there an answer to the question of why bad things happen to good people?...The response would beâ€¦to forgive the world for not being perfect, to forgive God for not making a better world, to reach out to the people around us, and to go on living despite it allâ€¦no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it has happened.”

Source : Maya Banks (2012). “Echoes at Dawn”, p.207, Penguin
“I am not a snob; it is simply that I am not interested with what most people have to say, or what they want to do â€” mostly with my time.”
“In Sales, you have to satisfy two people: One, your customer. Two, your Boss.”

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