"Betrayal is a cliché … Lies are so suburban. But murder is nice and clean."

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“Books were banned from my house, my mum thought they were ‘germ traps’, so I was always sneaking into the library, hiding under a big plant; reading. I was escaping into another world as well as finding out stuff that was news to me.”

“The sum of the rivals is constant.”

“God isn’t in the details, He’s in the structure.”

“A sinning nun, her face in a plate of cakes, caught my eye as I descended on the moving stair.”

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"And if you look at other referee professors, they all have LLDs. Therefore, either he hasn’t tried or he is too busy or he doesn’t think it’s important. But if that’s the case, he will be devaluating …"

— Arthur Li

Politics1945

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"Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's.…"

— Walt Disney

Entertainment1901–1966

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"Advised a young diplomat "to tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound his enemies."

— Henry Wotton

Politics1568–1639

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"Journalists can help people by telling the truth, or by as much truth as they can find, and acting not as agents of governments, of power, but of people. That is real journalism. The rest is specious …"

— John_Pilger

Education1939–2023

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