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Dave Eggers quote: "His lies were so exquisite I almost wept."

His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.

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Upstream, Arkansas and Ohio have their bottomlands, too, populated by a jaundiced and hungry-looking race, prone to fevers, whose eyes gleam at the sight of stone and iron, for they know only sand and driftwood and muddy water. Jorge Luis Borges
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The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read. Francoise Sagan
There certainly have been a lot of changes, although they come in such gradations that most people have either forgotten, or, if they're too young, they never knew about them in the first place. John Saxon
Havelock Ellis quote: "A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest."
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest. Havelock Ellis
Jacques Barzun quote: "In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is..."
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. Jacques Barzun
One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise. Aldo Leopold
Aristotle quote: "Most people would rather give than get affection."
Most people would rather give than get affection. Aristotle
I'm against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I'd almost prefer the word 'craftsman'. He's like one of those old-fashioned ship builders who conceived the build of the boat in their mind and after that touched every single piece that went into the boat. William Golding
Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run. Haile Gebrselassie
John Walsh quote: "I figured out how to catch fugitives without a gun."
I figured out how to catch fugitives without a gun. John Walsh
Mike Tyson quote: "One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight."
One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight. Mike Tyson
And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you’re desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there’s the least resistance, you lash yourself. Franz Kafka
Stendhal quote: "She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is..."
She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice? Stendhal
Actually, I've only been involved with one girl I worked with. It was Alyssa Milano. We didn't actually have an onscreen kiss - we're about to but it gets broken up. Scott Wolf
Sung Hi Lee quote: "I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan."
I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. Sung Hi Lee