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They are part of an ideological system, [ and believe ] that the other side -- in this case, the Democrats -- are devious and intent on taking political rights away and imposing a socialistic tyranny, information that conflicts with this narrative is dismissed. – Alexandra Filindra	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They just dehumanize our families for political gain, i guess they call it gaslighting. They can say these things that will make people believe that these riots were worse than the worst thing that happened on American soil. Either they're ignorant or they're just really devious and clever, and you can put nothing past them, because if you're willing to lie to that degree … It's a disturbing trend to me. – Joe Connor	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Uber sells the idea that it does things differently, but in reality and as we allege, this has meant operating unlawfully, using devious programs like' Greyball,'. – Maurice Blackburn lawyer Elizabeth O'Shea	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It’s not that all sellers are dangerous or devious, but buyers who know that they can skip the background check can look for an unlicensed seller. – Jonas Oransky	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It does n’t matter necessarily if people are selling at scale, it’s not that all sellers are dangerous or devious, but buyers who know that they can skip the background check can look for an unlicensed seller. – Jonas Oransky	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It doesn’t matter necessarily if people are selling at scale, it’s not that all sellers are dangerous or devious, but buyers who know that they can skip the background check can look for an unlicensed seller. – Jonas Oransky	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We were dealing with very devious people who had the capability to destroy me as a republican. – Martin McGuinness	Found on CNN 7 years ago
There are a lot of conservatives in Hollywood, and they’re not very welcome, Voight told the December issue of Cigar Afficiando. It’s a big surprise that we’ve come to this juncture where people with patriotic thoughts could not find a home in Hollywood. i think the word ‘progressive’ is a very devious term. It was created as a substitute for ‘communist,’ he said. What they propose is the reverse of progress. It’s some that that does taste of communism and Karl Marx’s pernicious philosophy. – Jon Voight	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Unable to create a meaningful life for itself, the personality takes its own revenge: from the lower depths comes a regressive form of spontaneity: raw animality forms a counterpoise to the meaningless stimuli and the vicarious life to which the ordinary man is conditioned. Getting spiritual nourishment from this chaos of events, sensations, and devious interpretations is the equivalent of trying to pick through a garbage pile for food. – Lewis Mumford	added by anonymous 10 years ago
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery. – Charles Krauthammer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

They are part of an ideological system, [ and believe ] that the other side -- in this case, the Democrats -- are devious and intent on taking political rights away and imposing a socialistic tyranny, information that conflicts with this narrative is dismissed.

– Alexandra Filindra

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They just dehumanize our families for political gain, i guess they call it gaslighting. They can say these things that will make people believe that these riots were worse than the worst thing that happened on American soil. Either they're ignorant or they're just really devious and clever, and you can put nothing past them, because if you're willing to lie to that degree … It's a disturbing trend to me.

– Joe Connor

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Uber sells the idea that it does things differently, but in reality and as we allege, this has meant operating unlawfully, using devious programs like' Greyball,'.

– Maurice Blackburn lawyer Elizabeth O'Shea

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It’s not that all sellers are dangerous or devious, but buyers who know that they can skip the background check can look for an unlicensed seller.

– Jonas Oransky

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It does n’t matter necessarily if people are selling at scale, it’s not that all sellers are dangerous or devious, but buyers who know that they can skip the background check can look for an unlicensed seller.

– Jonas Oransky

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It doesn’t matter necessarily if people are selling at scale, it’s not that all sellers are dangerous or devious, but buyers who know that they can skip the background check can look for an unlicensed seller.

– Jonas Oransky

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We were dealing with very devious people who had the capability to destroy me as a republican.

– Martin McGuinness

Found on CNN
7 years ago

There are a lot of conservatives in Hollywood, and they’re not very welcome, Voight told the December issue of Cigar Afficiando. It’s a big surprise that we’ve come to this juncture where people with patriotic thoughts could not find a home in Hollywood. i think the word ‘progressive’ is a very devious term. It was created as a substitute for ‘communist,’ he said. What they propose is the reverse of progress. It’s some that that does taste of communism and Karl Marx’s pernicious philosophy.

– Jon Voight

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Unable to create a meaningful life for itself, the personality takes its own revenge: from the lower depths comes a regressive form of spontaneity: raw animality forms a counterpoise to the meaningless stimuli and the vicarious life to which the ordinary man is conditioned. Getting spiritual nourishment from this chaos of events, sensations, and devious interpretations is the equivalent of trying to pick through a garbage pile for food.

– Lewis Mumford

added by anonymous
10 years ago

If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery.

– Charles Krauthammer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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