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Dave Eggers Quotes about Lying

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I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S.

I don't mean to beat a made-in-America drum, but I would be lying if I said it doesn't feel somehow right to be printing books in the U.S.

Dave Eggers
Lying, Book, Mean

His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.

Dave Eggers
Lying, Deceit, Exquisite
Dave Eggers (2007). “What Is the What”, p.196, Vintage

There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.

Dave Eggers
Lying, Heart, Simple
Dave Eggers (2009). “You Shall Know Our Velocity”, p.297, Vintage

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