Line #47 Quotes/MetaphoricallyTrue


1	[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
2	->'''Miyuki Shirogane:''' I've never been turned down in my life!\
3	'''Narration:''' ''Not a lie, since he's never confessed his love to anyone.''
4	-->-- ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''
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6	->''"She wasn't lying to me. She really believed it. And at one point, I did too. She'' was ''my little sister."''
7	-->-- '''Lucy Heartifillia''' upon realizing just [[LivingToys who]] '''[[spoiler:Michelle/Imitatia]]''' really was with her sacrifice, ''Manga/FairyTail''
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9	[[AC:Film]]
10	->'''Luke''': Obi-Wan, why didn't you tell me? You told me Vader betrayed and [[YouKilledMyFather murdered my father]].\
11	'''Obi-Wan''': Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He [[DeathOfPersonality ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader]]. When that happened, the good man who was your father [[ThatManIsDead was destroyed]]. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.\
12	'''Luke:''' ''[[WhatTheHellHero A certain point of view?]]''\
13	'''Obi-Wan:''' Luke, [[WideEyedIdealist you]] will find that many of the truths we cling to [[GreyAndGrayMorality depend greatly on our own point of view]].
14	-->--''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''
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16	->'''[[Creator/JackNicholson Harry]]''': I've never lied to you, I've always told you some version of the truth.\
17	'''Erica''': The truth doesn't ''have'' versions, okay?
18	-->-- ''Film/SomethingsGottaGive''
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20	[[AC:Literature]]
21	->''"A truth that's told with bad intent\
22	Beats all the lies you can invent."''
23	-->-- '''Creator/{{William Blake}}''', "Auguries of Innocence"
24
25	->''"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them at your leisure."''
26	-->-- '''Creator/MarkTwain''', ''[[Creator/RudyardKipling From Sea to Sea]]''
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28	->The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look behind words that have changed their meaning.
29	-->-- ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'' by Creator/TerryPratchett
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31	->''"In a manner of speaking, yes. In another manner of speaking, which is a rather more precise and accurate manner of speaking, no."''
32	-->-- '''Carrot's father''', ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' by Creator/TerryPratchett
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34	->''"Ashwathama[[note]]A random war elephant, not Dronacharya’s son[[/note]] is dead."''
35	-->-- '''Yudhistira''', ''Literature/{{Mahabharata}}''
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37
38	->The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time- [[WeWait and then shut up.]]
39	-->-- ''Literature/{{Stranger in a Strange Land}}'' by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
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41	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
42	->''"But the fact reporters will echo PIO's does explain certain things — like the ubiquity of phrases like 'officer-involved shooting'. You see it in police accounts all the time, but it's a weird term for reporters to repeat, because it deliberately omits crucial information about how the officer was involved. If you went to someone's house for dinner and they said 'tonight, there is a rat-involved dinner', you’d justifiably have follow-up questions. Are we going to a Chuck E. Cheese? [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Is the chef being controlled by a tiny French rat under his hat]]? Or are we going to be on an episode of ''Series/KitchenNightmares''? All three are technically 'rat-involved', but some options are easier to live with than others."''
43	-->-- '''Creator/JohnOliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', on crime reporting
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45	->'''Creator/JohnOliver:''' [=McKinsey=]'s government clients also include regulators. Which can get a little weird, when you consider that [=McKinsey=] also represents corporate clients. For instance: remember how it worked with Purdue pharma? While it was working for them, it was also working with the FDA. That sure seems like a clear conflict of interest. And, it was one that even Mr. "Positive and enduring change" here found a little hard to explain to Congress after the fact.
46	->'''Rep. Katie Porter:''' (''from news footage'') Okay. So, let me ask you, did you disclose to the FDA your — [=McKinsey=]'s work at the same time — did you disclose to the FDA that [=McKinsey=] was working at the same time it was working for the FDA, that it was working for Purdue? Did you disclose that to the FDA?
47	->'''Sternfels:''' (''from news footage'') We made clear in multiple instances that the individuals involved had experience in both pharmaceuticals and opioids.
48	->'''Porter:''' (''from news footage'') Reclaiming my time. Mr. Sternfels, they didn’t have experience. They were the identical humans working for both at the same time.
49	->'''John:''' Exactly, and there’s a big difference between having experience working for both, and ''actively working for both at the same time''. It’s the same difference between telling your wife about your ''ex-''girlfriend, and telling your wife about your ''current'' girlfriend. One is dramatically worse than the other.
50	-->-- ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver''
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52	->'''Captain Picard''': I think that [[ManipulativeBastard Nicholas Locarno]] wanted to [[LegacySeeker end his Academy career in a blaze of glory]], that he convinced the four of you to learn the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Kolvoord Starburst]] for the commencement demonstration. If it worked, it would thrill the assembled guests, and Locarno would graduate as a living legend. Only it ''[[GoneHorriblyWrong didn't]]'' work, and Joshua Albert paid the price. Am I correct?\
53	'''Wesley Crusher''': ''[doesn't respond]''\
54	'''Picard''': Cadet, I asked you a question! Am I correct?!\
55	'''Wesley''': I choose not to answer, sir.\
56	'''Picard''': ''[enraged]'' You ''choose'' not to answer?! But you've already given an answer to the inquiry. That answer was a lie!\
57	'''Wesley''': I said the accident occurred after the loop! It ''did''!\
58	'''Picard''': What you neglected to mention was that following the loop, your team attempted a maneuver that was the direct cause of the crash. You told the truth up to a point, but a lie of omission is still a lie!
59	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E19TheFirstDuty The First Duty]]"
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61	[[AC:Music]]
62	->''"And I will not lie to you\
63	But I definitely only gave you half the truth"''
64	-->-- '''Music/KaiserChiefs''', "Half the Truth"
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66	[[AC:Stand-Up Comedy]]
67	->''"They say the economy is essentially sound because people are considering buying things. That's like saying fat people are healthy because they might exercise."''
68	-->-- '''Creator/RobinWilliams''', ''Weapons of Self-Destruction''
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70	[[AC:Video Games]]
71	->''"Well, lying is lying, even from a [[InternalHomage 'certain point of view.']]"''
72	-->-- '''Jedi Exile''', ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''
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74	->"[Sasuke] and I met back in our home ti--own. Hometown. We became fast friends."\
75	It was...not a lie. Not if you considered all of [[TimeTravel modern-day]] Japan one "town."
76	-->-- '''The main character''', ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku''
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78	[[AC:Webcomics]]
79	->'''Obi Wan:''' [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Their shooting is precise]]... from a certain point of view.\
80	'''Luke:''' That's Jedi code for "I just lied my butt off", isn't it?
81	-->-- ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic''
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83	->'''Laura''': But... I thought you said you worked in a hotel? [[KingIncognito How can you afford this?!]]\
84	'''Sixx''': I said I worked ''in the hotel business''. Which I do. By which I meant I own a few hundred...
85	-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Collar 6}}''
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87	[[AC:Western Animation]]
88	->''"Senators, I presume you're acquainted with the collection of half-truths and hyperbole known as [[Film/ANewHope Obi-Wan Kenobi]]?"''
89	-->-- '''Satine Kryze''', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
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91	[[AC:Real Life]]
92	->''"A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies."''
93	-->-- '''Creator/AlfredLordTennyson'''
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95	->''"The only reason Steven was awarded the black belt was because the judge, who was famous for his laziness, fell asleep during Steven’s presentation. The judge just gave him the black belt."''
96	-->-- '''Miyako Fujitani''' on Creator/StevenSeagal
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98	->''"Pay attention: 'Access to healthcare' is not healthcare. I have 'access' to Creator/RyanReynolds. But he's not covering me."''
99	-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeTakei''', [[https://twitter.com/georgetakei/status/836768744374317056?lang=en on the American healthcare system]].
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101	->''"A halbe emes iz a gantse lign."''\
102	(Half a truth is a whole lie.)
103	-->-- '''Yiddish proverb'''
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