Deborah Ager 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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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.
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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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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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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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The only time I eat alone is if I'm really tired or upset about something or on the phone to one of my friends, when it's easier to be alone. But you can't be too wrapped up in yourself... it starts making you look a little bit prima donna.
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What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
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I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
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I know not whether more is to be dreaded from streets filled with soldiers accustomed to plunder, or from garrets filled with scribblers accustomed to lies.
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America is ripe for lies and lethargy. The pure mountain air is going and gone. It is a huge burden and a sadness for us all.
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Primitive superstition lies just below the surface of even the most tough-minded individuals, and it is precisely those who most fight against it who are the first to succumb to its suggestive effects.
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For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in.
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'When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives.', (Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676). 'All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home?', (Burton).
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My only merit lies in having painted directly in front of nature, seeking to render my impressions of the most fleeting effects, and I still very much regret having caused the naming of a group whose majority had nothing impressionist about it.
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Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.
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Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar.Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?Whom do you lead on Rapture's roadway, far,Before you agonise them in farewell?
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Say, what is the spell, when her fledgelings are cheeping, That lures the bird home to her nest? Or wakes the tired mother, whose infant is weeping, To cuddle and croon it to rest?
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If you're filming a scene on horseback, if you're trying to control an animal that's much larger than you and trying to get it to do the exact same thing so you can match things up, that can get tricky, especially if the horse gets tired or angry or something.
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When I'm on that field, I give it everything I have, and when I come off, I'm a mom. As tired and exhausting as it is, it's about coming back, even after double days, and still being able to enjoy the kids.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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North Korea kept harassing the South, and one day they just clicked: Tell me that isn't a stalker's dream writ geopolitical.
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Lake quiets, tired of my lies.
