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- Food doesn't exist, but can only be invented. And reinvented.
- A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.'
- But he doesn't love her. I invented that. It is a plot if you imagine people in love--the lazy looping criss crosses of love, blows,…
- I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth.
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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… — Karen Armstrong
- We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible… — 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,… — 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