29 Quotes About Phony


  • Author Mike Klepper
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    Religious faith is by nature the most fundamental set of beliefs that one can have. It is how a believer views the world, and is how the believer judges himself as well as the other people, things, and events in that world. It colors everything about them. It is for this reason that people who adopt a faith out of convenience appear so phony, and why it is simply not possible for an individual to have a "religion d'jour.

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  • Author David Levithan
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    And yes, Holden would keep those kids from falling off the cliff, but WHO WOULDN'T? Does she think I would just fold my arms or give them a pat on the back before they sailed headfirst to the ground? We are all catchers, and it's sad that she doesn't see it. Instead she sees the PHONINESS, she deplores the world even after I point out that I am in it.

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  • Author John Clarke
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    He had said he was FBI, he had a badge, it was phony but I didn't know. I thought he was a police officer.

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  • Author Alan Furst
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    I look for the dark story, where something secret was done. I read and read and pick up the trail of a true story. I use nothing but true stories. They are so much better than phony ones.

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  • Author Etta James
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    People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.

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  • Author J. D. Salinger
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    It's one of those places that are supposed to be very sophisticated and all, and the phonies are coming in the window.

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