#liar

When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses; but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as the creation of his senses. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#creation #deafness #everyday #experience #familiar

Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#although #choice #comfortable #culture #familiar

To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life. ↗

— Tobey Maguire

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I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen. ↗

— Maimonides

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The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#greatly #his #increasing #main #man

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with. ↗

— Sophie Marceau

#direct #familiar #film #first #start

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. ↗

— Don Marquis

#delusion #entirely #fishing #liars #old