Exaggerated Quotes
192 quotes by 175 authors
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Even if this is exaggerated, they are close to (enrichment ability) and the world faces a new reality.
— Mark Fitzpatrick
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The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable…
— Robert Cialdini
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Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes,…
— Sergei Eisenstein
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Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By…
— Yusuf al-Qaradawi
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The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact,…
— Glenn Greenwald
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice,
— Boyd K. Packer
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I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: 60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
— Valentino Garavani
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Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war…
— Carl Levin
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People who have a creative side and do not live it out are most disagreeable clients. They make a mountain out of a molehill, fuss…
— Marie-Louise von Franz
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The character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character, developed further, dried…
— Marcel Proust
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Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in…
— Alex Ferguson
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The dimensions of video game characters, even when they're scanned from real people, are beefed up with exaggerated proportions in games like Def Jam: Fight…
— Cliff Bleszinski
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I may have exaggerated a bit when I said that 80 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. What I meant to…
— Richard Krajicek
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Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only…
— Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
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Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure…
— Robert J. Shiller
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Not the violent conflict between parts of the truth, but the quiet suppression of half of it, is the formidable evil; there is always hope…
— John Stuart Mill
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Originality is something that is easily exaggerated, especially by authors contemplating their own work.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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I haven't exaggerated anything, I've stuck to the facts.
— Scott Ritter
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The Mets have shied away from that iconic club because they don't want the current one exposed to that hard-partying culture which, while well-documented, has…
— Mookie Wilson
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I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One…
— Theodore von Karman
Who Wrote These Exaggerated Quotes
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