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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

John F. Kennedy

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

Martin Luther King Jr.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Albert Einstein

You have to be persistent and some people aren't as persistent as they need to be.

Marguerite Fischer

Very clear message that the (effort) requires a very persistent battle to remove the infrastructure that terrorism relies upon.

Saud Al faisal

Thankfully, he kept pushing us. The wind chimes were not exactly high on our list. But Toshiro was very persistent.

Geoff Brown

Not too good. I've had this before, and it's persistent for quite a while. Now it's just kind of wait and see.

Doug Brien

The persistent efforts to develop the accreted land are unconscionable, ... Any such attempt will be vigorously opposed by the association and its members.

Thomas Lee

It's a beautiful spot and it's a shame people can't get to it. If we wouldn't have been persistent, we wouldn't have found it.

Cynthia Wilson

(El Nio) can be very persistent on occasion, and it does seem like we are in a mode where we are seeing them more frequently.

Barry Keim

The market was already bad with the persistent fear of the New York open on Monday. Then the S&P statement came out, and that made things even worse.

Felipe Laier

She believed that Maggie was God's baby and was persistent that she needed to find a way to give her back to God. She tried to find a way to give Maggie back to the people in church to send her back to God. She was creating a new spirit and wanted to go to heaven.

Dr. Xiaoyan Wu

You just have to be persistent, there's a lot of hand-eye coordination. You're only allowed five substitutions a game, so you have to have endurance.

Burke Eizinger

He's been having some tough struggles, ... It's great to see a kid who's been persistent come through with a big win.

Mark Manning

The underreporting of this disease is monumental. Physicians don't even consider it when they treat adults for persistent cough.

Joel Ward

They were very persistent in saying they were coming out, ... That was the positive part of the communications. He is now in custody. There will be a variety of charges.

Philip Turner

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.

Dorothy Thompson

They were being very persistent, bugging me about it, so I was like, O.K., whatever.

Lynndie England

Gorham made us work hard. We worked hard for the three goals that we got. The girls were persistent and stuck with it.

Tim Haskins

But the most persistent situation is the mold.

Dennis Mcbride

I do not think China will take the bold course of doing that. But this persistent speculation could encourage Middle Eastern and other Asian nations to race to diversify their dollar holdings.

Masafumi Yamamoto

We clearly do live in a society that has a persistent pattern of racial disparity and I think most people would agree that that has something to do with our history.

James Campbell

One of the most common complaints [of people in their 40s] is a slow, but steady and persistent increase in weight and body fat.

Mike Penzak

There are persistent reports that Leandro Aragoncillo has been paid by some popular personalities here in this country. We would like to investigate whether there are bases or evidence to prove these reports.

Ricardo Diaz

Although short-run swings in firms' energy costs might be absorbed in their profit margins, a persistent increase is likely to be fully passed on to the consumer.

Roger Ferguson

The mill and the converting facilities have been the sources of losses. The converting facilities have had more persistent losses.

Paul Latta

He's been polite but persistent. He's enjoyed the Mets, the city and the people, but he can do the math. He knows right now there's no room for him.

Mark Rodgers

Without Mrs. (Ellen) Herbert's persistent encouragement and prodding, I don't believe I could have ever achieved what I did in that competition. Mrs. Herbert guides the journey not of perfection but of refinement.

Jennifer Martinez

There was a view among the Europeans and the Japanese at the G-7 meeting last month that persistent pressure may not be the best approach. That wasn't shared by the U.S.

Stephen Jen

That cat definitely saved his life. It was persistent. He kept at him until he finally decided to get up.

Dan Young

We have a very persistent team here, but we didn't make shots when we needed to. We missed too many easy shots. I don't think we got any breaks, but we also didn't make our shots.

Mike Thibault

We must not push the panic button, but we must engage in a persistent and consistent effort to prepare ourselves for this inevitable event.

David Wu

The most important thing is that they have a really good coaching staff that has been very persistent in their thorough recruiting of those guys.

Troy Johnson

The central bank is trying to combat persistent inflationary pressures. This is a signal to the market that interest rates have bottomed out and we should expect more increases.

Jonathan Ravelas

Checking on your loved ones is just as important. If we weren't persistent in doing that, he would not be here.

Janet Taylor

It does take a lot of pressure off the Reserve Bank. It's hard to get persistent inflation without wages pressure, and hard to get wages pressure with employment easing.

Stephen Roberts

When I look back, I'm proud of where he's come from. He's overcome adversity; he struggled early on, but he was persistent.

Mark O'brien

We just couldn't put anything past Perry. He's been like that all year. ... It was important for us to be determined and persistent because if you put enough pressure on any goalie, eventually the wall is going to crack.

Steve Ivcic

He was both [television's] first celebrity and its most persistent conscience.

Harry F. Waters

These persistent and growing declines in the aquifer over a large area of the state are due mainly to current drought conditions and resulting increases in groundwater pumping for irrigation.

Mark Burbach

We're just going to be persistent.

Dave Hansen

I want to see a fairer allocation of road dollars coming to northwest Arkansas from Little Rock. I have every intention of being a loud and persistent voice for northwest Arkansas when dealing with the majority House leadership.

Robbyn Tumey

Though not all people leaving the work force leave the area, a persistent reduction in the labor force may indicate an outward migration of skilled labor.

Todd Cherry

This sends a clear signal to persistent beggars that we will maintain a tough line against drug and alcohol addiction that is often funded through town centre begging.

Tony Page

Coach White was real persistent.

Jerry Butler

Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.

George Gissing

I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed.

Maria Altmann

This is a persistent and glaring weakness.

Evan Medeiros

There are some solutions that bridge a couple of the different areas, such as laptop encryption and e-mail. But as far as persistent encryption across the network - not right now.

Eric Ouellet

At every home I visit, people are asking for tax relief. That is consistent and persistent.

Edward Hennessey

Despite federal food assistance and private charitable programs, food insecurity is a persistent national problem.

Edward Frongillo

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Edward Eggleston