Stephen Leacock (Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock) Quotes
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Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism, the war was only made possible through lies and deceptions aimed at the American public, Congress, and members of Lyndon Johnson's own administration.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.
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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
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Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.
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What is negotiation but the accumulation of small lies leading to advantage?
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Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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To defend our country we need to gather intelligence on the enemy, but when the intelligence lies to Congress, how are we to trust them? The phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business.
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I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.
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The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and cannot be touched or tasted.
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The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.
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I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language.
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Since I wasn’t able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the smidgen of truth that the falsehood of everything lets us suppose we can tell.
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And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floorShall be lifted - nevermore!
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Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us.
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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
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He who first called money the sinews of the state seems to have said this with special reference to war.
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When meeting difficult situations, one should dash forward bravely and with joy.
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For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards.
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In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
