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Marilyn Monroe Actress, Model
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"A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn't curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers, by all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become. Because as every woman knows, measurements are only statistics... and STATISTICS LIE."

Lying Numbers Curves
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Elijah Muhammad Religious Leader
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"There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust."

Lying Betrayal Hypocrite
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Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author
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"To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself."

Lying Beautiful Being Yourself
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Immanuel Kant Philosopher
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"But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents."

Lying Evil
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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble – yes, gamble – with a whole part of their life and their so called 'vital interests."

Men Years Lying
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Bryan Stevenson Lawyer, Author
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"I've come to understand and to believe that each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. I believe that for every person on the planet. I think if somebody tells a lie, they're not just a liar. I think if somebody takes something that doesn't belong to them, they're not just a thief. I think even if you kill someone, you're not just a killer. And because of that, there's this basic human dignity that must be respected by law."

Believe Lying Liars
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Martin Luther Theologian
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"There are some of us who think to ourselves, 'If I had only been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby. I would have washed His linen. How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manger!' Why don't we do it now? We have Christ in our neighbor."

Thinking Lying Baby
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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
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"The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break."

Lying Hands Adventure
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Anne Frank Diaries Writer
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"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness."

Character Lying Greatness
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher, Writer, Composer
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"The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want."

Want Lying Doe
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Michelangelo Sculptor, Painter, Architect, Poet
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"Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life."

Lying Passion Inspirational Life
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William Faulkner Novelist, Poet, Playwright
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"So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed. If you, not just you in this room tonight, but in all the thousands of other rooms like this one about the world today and tomorrow and next week, will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth."

Men Lying Honesty
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Rachel Carson Biologist, Conservationist, Author
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"The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife. To utilize them for present needs while insuring their preservation for future generations requires a delicately balanced and continuing program, based on the most extensive research. Their administration is not properly, and cannot be, a matter of politics."

Real Lying Water
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