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But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger… — Karen Armstrong
We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection… — M H Abrams
I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. — Balthus
I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up! — Ingrid Bergman
I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.' — Jeff Bezos
Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. — Ambrose Bierce
I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit… — Elayne Boosler
I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. — David Bowie
Truth exists; only lies are invented. — Georges Braque
I think I've probably re-invented myself three or four times now, if that's what one calls it. — Sarah Brightman
The stubby French painter Toulouse-Lautrec supposedly invented chocolate mousse - I find that rather hard to believe, but there you have it. — Alton Brown
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius. — Sid Caesar
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. — Jimmy Carter
I am the primitive of the method I have invented. — Paul Cezanne
I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like. — Coco Chanel
Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story. — Isabel Allende
If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them. — Loni Anderson
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. — Jean Anouilh
Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in the disturbed societies of cities.… — Marina Abramovic

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