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- Nov 07, 2020
Lie Quotes
On truth, dishonesty, and pressing forward despite the risk.
One quote frames the camera as an all-seeing judge of truth, arguing that any performer has to genuinely believe what they're saying on screen. See also Believe quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing that we learned that we published on our blog post is that uniformly, men lie about their height by almost exactly two inches. So if you look at a plot of census bureau data on the distribution of men's heights in the U.S. and you plot men's heights on OKCupid, it is exactly shifted two inches to the left.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Legitimate small businesses are put at a huge competitive disadvantage when bad actors lie about their small business status and don't play by the rules.
- Nov 07, 2020
A thing's innate disposition or God-given nature does not lie; whatever this innate disposition says is the truth.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like!
- Each One
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- Nov 07, 2020
The capacities by which we can gain insights into higher worlds lie dormant within each one of us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if you hurt my feelings and you lie, be a man and admit it. I'd rather someone be honest to me.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what it's like to get to face down my attacker in court, but I do know that they lie.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really have a drive toward being a director at all. Not that I wouldn't rule it out, but I just don't think my instincts lie necessarily in a very visual way. But I am very interested in storytelling, narrative and character development, so writing is something that I absolutely want to do.
- Low
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have a mortgage or kids, so I can lie low and tighten my belt if I need to.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
To become a Secret Service agent, applicants must pass a polygraph exam. But after being hired, agents are never required to undergo regular lie detector testing again.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there paralysed with boredom.
- Myth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion.
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- Nov 07, 2020