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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. John F. Kennedy
Truth Great Truth Is Lie Enemy Myth Great Enemy Deliberate Unrealistic Very Persistent Contrived Often Dishonest Persuasive
Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. Marilyn Monroe
Beauty Glamour Like Although Real Femininity Contrived Cannot Ageless Manufacturers Based
To show that a comedian on stage in India talking about sanitation or in South Africa talking about HIV and AIDS awareness, if you follow the joke into their lives, you can see that, like, oh, these things aren't just contrived in joke books. This is real life. I think the best comedians have that bravery and courage to say, Oh, this is what it is. Hasan Minhaj
Life Best You Courage Joke South Africa Real Life Stage Awareness Think AIDS Books Say India Follow See About Like Comedian Comedians Talking Real South Contrived HIV Bravery Oh Just Africa Sanitation Show Lives Things
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. Learned Hand
Life Time Made Action Constant More Seldom Calls Answers Up Than Contrived
I always try to find things worth saying, things that are supposed to be said instead of being contrived. I do a ton of writing. Andy Grammer
Saying Writing Worth Try Find Instead Supposed Said Always Contrived Being Things Ton
I think there's a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind. Ben Horowitz
Work Good People Think Say People Say About Said Lot Very Contrived Just Mankind Your Enjoying
I spent three and a half years writing the novel 'Chang & Eng,' about the conjoined brothers for whom the term 'Siamese twins' was contrived, and when I think of these afflicted people, my only emotion is one of profound sympathy. Darin Strauss
People Writing Three Half Think Sympathy Spent Brothers About Only Emotion Term Half Years Years Afflicted Contrived Novel Whom Twins Profound
There are a lot of challenges I undeniably have faced as a black person both in the U.K. and in the U.S. that contrived to make me feel lesser than what I am. David Oyelowo
Me Challenges Black Faced Both Feel Make Am Lot Than Person Contrived Lesser
For the greater beauty of the instrument, the balls representing the planets are to be of considerable bigness; but so contrived, that they may be taken off at pleasure, and others, much smaller, and fitter for some purposes, put in their places. David Rittenhouse
Beauty Others Considerable Pleasure Some Purposes Taken Put Smaller Instrument Greater Balls Off Fitter Contrived May Representing Places Much Planets
I live three blocks away from the beach, so every day I walk down to the beach to run or go swimming. Hiking is a big one for me - so long as it's something where I'm not thinking about working out, like in a contrived class or the gym. Dylan Penn
Day Me Class Every Day Walk Three Long Big Down Live Swimming Every Thinking Out Run About Beach Something Gym Like Hiking Go Blocks Big One Contrived Where Working Away
The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing. Elizabeth Bishop
Dreams Dangerous Car Dangerous Thing Armored Contrived Us Many Let Us Thing
If anyone can crack the publicity nut and figure out how to not come across hammy and contrived, I'd love to talk to them. Gale Harold
Love Nut Out Come Talk How Crack Contrived Anyone Them Across Figure Publicity
I don't know if it's because my sensitivity is through the roof, but I can't stand contrived dialogue anymore. Jeff Baena
Roof Through Know Because Dialogue Contrived Anymore Sensitivity Stand
Sitcom storylines are usually incredibly contrived. Josh Thomas
Incredibly Sitcom Contrived
Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward. K. Flay
Happiness Hope Honesty Inspire Space Mind Live Think Way Ways Detriment Self Mainly Self-Expression Vulnerability Edited Real Lot Expected Contrived Where Manipulated Much Forward Expression
Your look shouldn't be contrived. Leigh Lezark
Look Contrived Your
I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling? Lily Allen
Life Song My Life Feeling See About Could Write Songs Feel Stuff How Contrived Any Going Really Honest
If a character's suddenly spouting information that's supposed to bring you up to date, it can seem artificial or contrived. Naveen Andrews
Character You Seem Date Supposed Up Up-To-Date Artificial Contrived Information Suddenly Bring
Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived. Sam Shepard
Personality Added Everything Him Been False Contrived Human
There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. Samuel Johnson
Happiness Good Man People Nothing Enjoy House Well Private Been Sir Contrived Tavern Which Capital Themselves Much Produced Inn
My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me. Van Morrison
Me Thought Too Would Would-Be Records Lot Contrived Require
The very nature of the government, and the direction it's been heading in for the past 40 years, is one of contrived government solutions to all the problems in the United States. William E. Simon
Government Nature Problems Past States Solutions Direction Heading Been Years Very Contrived United United States
What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left! Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Nature Blessed Out Critics Invented She Make Were Left Patented Authors Contrived Chips Her Thing
There is nothing remotely dignified about sorting through rotting trash to find something to feed your child, or asking someone for money because you have none (anyone who has contrived to give people money before they had to ask will never forget the look of gratitude in their eyes). Abhijit Banerjee
Gratitude You Eyes People Money Will Before Nothing Dignified Find About Someone Give Something Through Never Had Never Forget Feed Remotely Look Sorting Because None Child Forget Contrived Anyone Ask Asking Your Your Child Who Trash Rotting

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