#false

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

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The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#between #brilliant #difference #false #jewels

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

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Around 1967 I began backing away from dogmatic Leninism, not so much because I thought it was false, I just decided there was nothing utopian about it. ↗

— Henry Flynt

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I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#comfort #directly #experimenting #false #i

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth. ↗

— Benjamin Whichcote

#longest #lungs #measures #most #strongest

I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but a lot of what gets called independent these days is totally produced within that system. And there's nothing wrong with that. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#corporate #days #false #financed #gets

In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there is sufficient probability that it is true. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#false #inquiry #may #oral #possible

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#false #greatest #progress #stagnation

I don't know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I'll be competing with billions of actors who haven't got false teeth, and who are 25. ↗

— Ian Hart

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