Virginia Woolf Quotes
Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
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Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.
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I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.
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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
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If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying.
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As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.
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Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
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You can get through your whole day only around people who will tell you that you're wonderful. But pretty soon they're going to have to be lying about that.
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The only way that you can find any semblance of a rule, or make any semblance of your own rule, is to tear up the rulebook. Throw it out, burn it, throw it away, and make your own rules.
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I do not have a child and all allegations saying so are false.
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The man in between waits between the two, not hearing the lie and not seeing the true. Unknowing what is and denying what seems, and there he will sleep, the man in between.
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The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.
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Of course a picture can lie, but only if you are not honest with yourself.
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The power of propaganda is to say something enough times that it becomes the Big Lie.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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I love doing lesbian love scenes. Before I did my lesbian scenes in Gia, I talked to actresses who said love scenes are easier with another woman than a man. Bound's Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly said they'd lie there and discuss the sale at Barney's between takes.
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I wanna read a good paper first thing in the morning. And if I see a lie about myself flash across the front of the cover, I don't think much of the rest of the newspaper.
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If you truly desire money so keenly that your desire is an obsession, you will have no difficulty in convincing yourself that you will acquire it. The object is to want money, and to be so determined to have it that you convince yourself that you will have it.
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I was pretty much a single-father for most of my daughter India's life. Looking back, were there things I could've done better? Yes, but I'm still pretty proud of myself for having raised such an amazing individual. Being a parent is not easy, but speaking for myself, it's a wonderful blessing and the most rewarding job I've ever had.
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If my son would only listen to my advice, he would lead a perfect life. I'll still be saying that to him when I'm 75. I like to imagine that I have the control, but he's a teenager, so that never really happens.
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The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.
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Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?
