#distort

Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare. ↗

— Larry Elder

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Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being. ↗

— John Grierson

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Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

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Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding. ↗

— Tony Campolo

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Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

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Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

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The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people. ↗

— Olivier Martinez

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What I read is so distorted that I cannot believe that the person they are talking about is myself. ↗

— Bob Kane

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I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

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