#lies

The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity. ↗

— Robert Casey

#basic #children #country #denied #economic

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#accepted #based #delusion #foundation #i

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#benevolence #craving #gift #himself #implies

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#condition #force #found #grandeur #humblest

We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up. ↗

— Craig Charles

#bit #black #black family #estate #families

My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#backstage #brutalized #bullies #child #come

The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#ends #fear #hate #how #lies

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#inconsistencies #just #justice #lies #riddled

Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress. ↗

— Fred Upton

#allies #approach #bureaucracy #busy #congress