“That it’s possible not to see a lie even when it’s in front of us.”

— José Saramago , book All the Names

Source: All the Names (1997), p. 210

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Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in … 1922–2010

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“You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

Source: The Success Journey: The Process of Living Your Dreams

“How in hell are you going to recognize a legitimate holy man when you see one if you don't even know a cup of consecrated chicken soup when it's right in front of your nose?”

Jerome David Salinger book Franny and Zooey

Franny and Zooey (1961), Zooey (1957)
Context: Even if you went out and searched the whole world for a master — some guru, some holy man — to tell you how to say your Jesus Prayer properly, what good would it do you? How in hell are you going to recognize a legitimate holy man when you see one if you don't even know a cup of consecrated chicken soup when it's right in front of your nose? Can you tell me that?

“tire
swift swept
front
ly and lie and lane
against”

Charles Bernstein (1950) American writer

"disfrutes" http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bernstein/books/disfrutes/ (1974), first published in 1981 by Potes & Poets Press

“You should see my corgis at sunset in the snow. It's their finest hour. About five o'clock they glow like copper. Then they come in and lie in front of the fire like a string of sausages.”

Tasha Tudor (1915–2008) American illustrator and writer

Source: The Private World of Tasha Tudor

“We are in a degenerate state of self-government. In fact, even to use the words self-government, is not only an exaggeration, it's a lie. It's a big lie!”

Jerry Brown (1938) American politician/lawyer and current governor of California

Speaking to the International Transpersonal Association Conference in Santa Clara, California, 10 June 1995.
Political Consciousness and Transformative Action, LeapNonprofit.org, League for Earth & Animal Protection (LEAP), 2007-06-12 http://www.leapnonprofit.org/phil%20article4.htm,
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