False Quotes

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With false names, on the right nets, they could be anybody. Old men, middle-aged women, anybody, as long as they were careful about the way… — Orson Scott Card
There he is, tall, tanned, Italian, sophisticated. So what do you do?" I said, "Er, leap on him and snog him within an inch of… — Louise Rennison
O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality… — Langston Hughes
Would you really like to live in a society where you have no responsibility and no freedom, no choice, only the false option of obedience… — Ursula K. Le Guin
It's a true image, born of a false spectacle. — Jean Genet
Without art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without science, we should always worship false gods. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty… — E L Doctorow
If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion. — Calvin Coolidge
Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope. — Trudi Canavan
Jesus came to announce to us that an identity based on success, popularity and power is a false identity- an illusion! Loudly and clearly he… — Henri Nouwen
Plants are tricky. Many are edible, but one false mouthful and your dead — Suzanne Collins
The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not… — Alan Watts
The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition… — Alan Watts
We must kill the false woman who is preventing the live one from breathing. — Helene Cixous
Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. — Victor Hugo
When in doubt, we follow our hearts. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this...' He tapped his chest, over his… — Michael Scott
Allow a friend to believe in a bogus prospectus or a false promise and you cease, after a short while, to be a friend at… — Christopher Hitchens
In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the… — Brandon Sanderson
RUMOUR: "Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. — William Shakespeare
You love tests?" "Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love? — Nora Roberts

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