"A lie is an act of theft. It……" — James Lee Burke

A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and… - James Lee Burke

"A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves"

— James Lee Burke

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55 Quotes by James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke has 55 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.
We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent…
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and…
Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. I don't know if you ever…
...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the…
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
Is there a design in the events of our lives? Or do things just happen, much like a junk yard…
That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can…
When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your…
There is no higher form of artistic expression then film
But the participants [in war] never forgot the details of their experience, and like the Wandering Jew, they were condemned…
I believe the causes that create them [serial killers] are theological in nature, rather than societal. I believe they make…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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