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Phony Quotes

I think once you start putting phony figures into financial statements, you get in a lot of trouble. And we’ve seen so much of that in the last 20 years Picture Quote #1

The battle for freedom and liberty really never is over, and there are really low points in it, but I’m not giving up, and I’m not gonna engage in phony pep talks, either Picture Quote #1

My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn’t want to be a phony, but I felt very authentic in the moment Picture Quote #1

With George Clooney, the distinctive quality is a unique kind of American phoniness - charming because it’s aware of itself as phony. It’s as old as old Huck Finn, but, in our age, it has migrated from the fringes to the center Picture Quote #1

It’s a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people, to promote public ignorance Picture Quote #1

I attended Catholic school. We received a great education from the nuns. ... Also, guilt. Guilt and a feeling of never being satisfied with what you’ve done. And a sense that you are inadequate and a big phony. All useful for a writer. I’m always being edited by my inner nun Picture Quote #1

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We don’t need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon Picture Quote #1

Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it Picture Quote #1

The true definition of a phony is a high flyer with low mileage; a person who offers a worldview from the comforts of his/her living room Picture Quote #1

Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect Picture Quote #1

Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work Picture Quote #1

School is about learning to wait your turn, however long it takes to come, if ever. And how to submit with a show of enthusiasm to the judgment of strangers, even if they are wrong, even if your enthusiasm is phony Picture Quote #1

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There are questions of real power and then there are questions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authority to begin to fight the real questions of power Picture Quote #1

Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn’t have jobs, otherwise. But it’s phony, you know Picture Quote #1

Managers who don’t lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don’t manage don’t know what’s going on. It’s a phony separation that people are making between the two Picture Quote #1

I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony Picture Quote #1

I’m not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can’t join your gang: you’d think I was a phony and I’d know it Picture Quote #1

It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader. If you do not believe in the characters or the story you are doing at that moment with all your mind, strength, and will, if you don’t feel joy and excitement while writing it, then you’re wasting good white paper, even if it sells, because there are other ways in which a writer can bring in the rent money besides writing bad or phony stories Picture Quote #1

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I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis... Do what is comfortable. If you have to plot out every move your characters make, so be it. Just make sure there is a plausible purpose behind their machinations. A good reader can smell a phony plot a block away Picture Quote #1

The abuse of power manifests with phony spiritual teachers and phony gurus who tell you how to run your life and what to wear and what to eat, all that sort of stuff. They abuse. People don’t realize that, listen to them and ruin their lives Picture Quote #1

Phony gurus make themselves objects of adoration and worship. Real spiritual teachers aren’t interested in adoration and worship. They like respect only because they realize respect will help the student Picture Quote #1

There are phony teachers who profess all kinds of things, and I think you will figure out real fast who they are. They just don’t feel right Picture Quote #1

I’m me. I can’t put on airs. I’m not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it’s all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I’m going to let you take from me Picture Quote #1

Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony Picture Quote #1

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Style is the thing that’s always a bit phony, and at the same time you cannot write without style Picture Quote #1

I didn’t have to fit into a mold. You make the mold. People can smell a rat. If you’re doing thing for marketing and for a record label, you’re going to set yourself up to be called a phony. As long as it’s true to you, you do it Picture Quote #1

The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it’s just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else Picture Quote #1

The battle for freedom and liberty really never is over, and there are really low points in it, but I’m not giving up, and I’m not gonna engage in phony pep talks, either Picture Quote #1

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools Picture Quote #1

The one person to distrust is the one who never makes a mistake. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial Picture Quote #1

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I think once you start putting phony figures into financial statements, you get in a lot of trouble. And we’ve seen so much of that in the last 20 years. (Phony Quotes) The battle for freedom and liberty really never is over, and there are really low points in it, but I’m not giving up, and I’m not gonna engage in phony pep talks, either. (Phony Quotes) My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn’t want to be a phony, but I felt very authentic in the moment. (Phony Quotes) With George Clooney, the distinctive quality is a unique kind of American phoniness - charming because it’s aware of itself as phony. It’s as old as old Huck Finn, but, in our age, it has migrated from the fringes to the center. (Phony Quotes) It’s a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people, to promote public ignorance. (Phony Quotes) I attended Catholic school. We received a great education from the nuns. ... Also, guilt. Guilt and a feeling of never being satisfied with what you’ve done. And a sense that you are inadequate and a big phony. All useful for a writer. I’m always being edited by my inner nun. (Phony Quotes) We don’t need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon. (Phony Quotes) Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s a phony. I could puke every time I hear it. (Phony Quotes) The true definition of a phony is a high flyer with low mileage; a person who offers a worldview from the comforts of his/her living room. (Phony Quotes) Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect (Phony Quotes) Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work (Phony Quotes) School is about learning to wait your turn, however long it takes to come, if ever. And how to submit with a show of enthusiasm to the judgment of strangers, even if they are wrong, even if your enthusiasm is phony (Phony Quotes) There are questions of real power and then there are questions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authority to begin to fight the real questions of power (Phony Quotes) Teachers at all levels encourage the idea that you have to talk about things in order to understand them, because they wouldn’t have jobs, otherwise. But it’s phony, you know (Phony Quotes) Managers who don’t lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don’t manage don’t know what’s going on. It’s a phony separation that people are making between the two (Phony Quotes) I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony (Phony Quotes) I’m not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can’t join your gang: you’d think I was a phony and I’d know it (Phony Quotes) It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader. If you do not believe in the characters or the story you are doing at that moment with all your mind, strength, and will, if you don’t feel joy and excitement while writing it, then you’re wasting good white paper, even if it sells, because there are other ways in which a writer can bring in the rent money besides writing bad or phony stories (Phony Quotes) I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis... Do what is comfortable. If you have to plot out every move your characters make, so be it. Just make sure there is a plausible purpose behind their machinations. A good reader can smell a phony plot a block away (Phony Quotes) The abuse of power manifests with phony spiritual teachers and phony gurus who tell you how to run your life and what to wear and what to eat, all that sort of stuff. They abuse. People don’t realize that, listen to them and ruin their lives (Phony Quotes) Phony gurus make themselves objects of adoration and worship. Real spiritual teachers aren’t interested in adoration and worship. They like respect only because they realize respect will help the student (Phony Quotes) There are phony teachers who profess all kinds of things, and I think you will figure out real fast who they are. They just don’t feel right (Phony Quotes) I’m me. I can’t put on airs. I’m not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it’s all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I’m going to let you take from me (Phony Quotes) Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony (Phony Quotes) Style is the thing that’s always a bit phony, and at the same time you cannot write without style (Phony Quotes) I didn’t have to fit into a mold. You make the mold. People can smell a rat. If you’re doing thing for marketing and for a record label, you’re going to set yourself up to be called a phony. As long as it’s true to you, you do it (Phony Quotes) The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it’s just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else (Phony Quotes) The battle for freedom and liberty really never is over, and there are really low points in it, but I’m not giving up, and I’m not gonna engage in phony pep talks, either (Phony Quotes) Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools (Phony Quotes) The one person to distrust is the one who never makes a mistake. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial (Phony Quotes)

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