#lying

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies. ↗

— Wilbur Wright

#believed #encouraged #fact #flying #great

I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day. ↗

— Monica Seles

#always #before #christmas #christmas day #day

The old age old story of Yin & Yang...Every positive side has a negative side too. Which are you? ↗

— Timothy Pina

#inspirational #age

Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts. ↗

— Robert Jordan

#art

Resistance is always lying and always full of shit. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#lies #lying #resistance #shit #art

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#moral-courage #courage

I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one. ↗

— Thomas Hughes

#courage #reputation #courage

I had great pity on Ansje, because she always acted very happy, but I believed that it was really a front. I could see through it. Inside she was crying because she was really very sad. You pity people like that -- the ones who try to lie to themselves -- because they suffer so much and don't face reality. ↗

— Diet Eman

#lying-to-ourselves #pity #reality #suffering #diet

I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me. ↗

— George Osborne

#chancellor #closest #closest thing #ever #experience

After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#assassinated #began #censoring #continued #destruction