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• It would be an exaggeration to say I’m not afraid of death, but I’m not afraid of what comes after, because I’m not a believer.

  Christian de Duve

  Would Be, Not Afraid, Believer

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• Bike is the most democratic transport vehicle. Bike is the most daring, challenging as it gives its owner the tempting feeling of freedom, that is why one can say without any exaggeration, bike is a symbol of freedom

  Vladimir Putin

  Giving, Challenges, Feelings

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• The responsibility for maintaining the composition of the blood in respect to other constituents devolves largely upon the kidneys. It is no exaggeration to say that the composition of the blood is determined not by what the mouth ingests but by what the kidneys keep; they are the master chemists of our internal environment, which, so to speak, they synthesize in reverse.

  Homer Smith

  Responsibility, Blood, Mouths

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• Most people think that George Nelson, Charles Eames and Eliot Noyes invented industrial design. That is, of course, an exaggeration. George did it without any assistance from the other two.

  Bill N. Lacy

  Thinking, Two, People

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• The body learns through exaggeration and contrast

  Wendy Palmer

  Philosophy, Medicine, Soma

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• The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry [as did Clifford], for geometry is only a part of the vaster domain which he renovated; it might even be just to designate him as a Copernicus of all thought.

  Eric Temple Bell

  Science, Impact, Challenges

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• There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.

  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

  Color, True Colors, Brilliance

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• The future is fastidious and punctual. It keeps perfect time and arrives everywhere on the dot. In contrast, its slacker brother the past has no use for clocks or appointments. It comes and goes as it pleases in our memory, camping out wherever the hell it damn well wants to in there. Untrustworthy, prone to exaggeration, biased- you wouldn't lend it ten cents, but it *sure* can be charming and seductive when it feels like it.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Brother, Memories, Past

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• We discover that we do not know our role; we look for a mirror; we want to remove our make-up and take off what is false and real. But somewhere a piece of disguise that we forgot still sticks to us. A trace of exaggeration remains in our eyebrows; we do not notice that the corners of our mouth are bent. And so we walk around, a mockery and a mere half: neither having achieved being nor actors.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Real, Mirrors, Eyebrows

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• I've been using Steinberg's Cubase exclusively to record and mix my music since the very beginning of my career. It's no exaggeration to say that Cubase has been my partner in bringing my music and message to the world, and, now, they are helping to bring my story to the world as well, as I record the audiobook of my novel.

  Emilie Autumn

  Careers, Stories, Records

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• To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. The tales of rough usage are for the most part exaggerations, as also are the tales of sea danger. To face the elements is, to be sure, no light matter when the sea is in its grandest mood. You must then know the sea, and know that you know it, and not forget that it was made to be sailed over.

  Joshua Slocum

  Men, Light, Sea

  Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• The third major characteristic of God - "infinitude" - is the catchall, the universal modifier of Christian theology. God is not merely a being; he is infinite being. God is not merely good; he is infinite goodness. God is not merely wise; he is infinite wisdom. And so on down the list. God is exaggeration run amuck.

  George H. Smith

  Christian, Wise, Running

  George H. Smith (1974). “Atheism: The Case Against God”

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• It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't have the sense of projection over a distance as in an opera house. We have this microphone and this magnifies all details of a performance, all exaggerations. In the theater, you can get away with a very large, very grand phrase. For the microphone, you have to tone it down. It's the same as making a film, your gestures will be seen in close-up, so they cannot be exaggerated as they would be in a theater.

  Maria Callas

  Distance, House, Records

  "Callas : The Art and the Life". Book by John Ardoin, 1974.

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• It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of Americas foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.

  Reza Aslan

  Keys, Goal, East

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• In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones.

  Steven Weber

  Men, Media, Gossip

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Probably one of the reasons why gushing is so unattractive is that it leaves nothing for the listener to do.

  Margery Wilson

  Unattractive, Reason Why, Flattery

  Margery Wilson (1928). “Charm”

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• Stop helping everyone else make their films, and enlist them to help you make yours. This is an exaggeration, but the point is - you are the one person who cares the most about your project, so you have to take the leadership in driving it forward.

  Jenni Olson

  Who Cares, Helping, Driving

  "Sundance Women Directors: Meet Jenni Olson – ‘The Royal Road’". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. January 25, 2015.

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• "Entourage" is a staple LA-based show and people say it's pretty real and I thought it was. It's an exaggeration of the truth.

  Pauly Shore

  Real, People, Entourage

  "MY LA: Pauly Shore Talks Being Chauffeured By Comedians, Why Michael Bay Hates Him and How He Really Feels About The Valley". Interview with Sasha Bronner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.

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• When I was little, my father used to sell guns and ammo at a sporting goods store, but I always told everyone he was an arms dealer, because it sounded more exciting.

  Jenny Lawson

  Father, Gun, Arms

  Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened”, p.25, Penguin

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• I am persuaded that 'child abuse' is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom they encourage to believe in something like...eternal hell.

  Richard Dawkins

  Teacher, Children, Believe

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• An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.

  Don Rickles

  Fun, People, Titles

  Source: adambulger.blogspot.com

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• It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Government, Tools, Fundamentals

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• That's one of our biggest challenges is finding out how to do that. There are times when you have to scale back. You might be performing on a five-by-five stage in front of 12 people. That's an exaggeration but there are times when you have to turn the corner and do an acoustic set.

  Alan Powell

  People, Challenges, Might

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• no one had experiences any more, only traumas.

  Beryl Bainbridge

  Trauma

  Beryl Bainbridge (1967). “A Weekend with Claud”

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• Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a tram run off a line, which in England or France might kill one or two people, without its making a holocaust of half a street full. ... The thing which surprises me is they should still employ animals of normal size; one would expect to see elephants and mammoths drawing the hansoms and carts!

  Elinor Glyn

  Running, Ambition, Animal

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