Bjorn Lomborg

When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries, humanity's lot has improved dramatically - in the developed world, where it is rather obvious, but also in the developing world, where life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 100 years.

Danish Scientist

Bennett Miller

If you talk to anybody, among the first things you'll hear is, 'Steve Carell is the nicest guy in the world.' And he is. 'Steve Carell is the greatest guy to work with.' And he is. But all of that belies other aspects that are as true with him.

American Director

Brit Hume

Nobody's profitable at this moment, because recession is on; advertising dollars are down, and expenses are way up. So that kind of belies the situation that you would expect, because the ratings are way up everywhere.

American Journalist

Rick Stein

Cooking in Japan is regarded as an art, like music or painting. Every dish has a reason, including the garnishes. This is cuisine with philosophy, and the apparent simplicity belies centuries of culture.

English Chef

Drew Pinsky

Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing, extreme problems with intimacy.

American Celebrity

Sylvester Stallone

There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brilliant. Just because his physique belies that, don't underestimate him.

American Actor

Arca

With 'Lonely Thug,' I constructed a fantasy character who was very masculine and strong and almost threatening, but his demeanor belied some complication.

Venezuelan Musician

Esai Morales

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

Tom Clancy

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

American Novelist

Luc de Clapiers

The conscience of the dying belies their life.

French Writer

Belie can indicate a contradiction between appearance and reality, often unexpectedly.

Judgment Paradox

Use 'belie' to express that observable signs may lead to false interpretations.

False Indicators

Belie is often used to describe emotions not reflected by one's behavior or appearance.

Emotional Disguise

Belie shows that what is seen may not be an accurate representation of reality.

Deceptive Appearances

Reflects the depth beyond the superficial, where truth diverges from appearance.

Surface vs Depth

Belie suggests that simplicity can mask complexity or significance.

Mystery in Simplicity

 and this better way involves the use of stem cells as medicines. So what, exactly, are stem cells? If you look at them under the microscope, there's not much going on. They're just simple little round cells. But that belies two remarkable attributes. The first is they can divide like crazy.

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 The "but" in that sentence belies the inflexibility of the units, one fixed and fictional entity bumping up against another. "I'm a local of Lagos and Berlin," suggests overlapping experiences, layers that merge together, that can't be denied or removed. You can take away my passport,

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 that area in the darker blue. To me, as an international lawyer, this scared me far more than any of the creatures or the monsters we may have seen, for it belies the notion that you can actually protect the ocean, the global ocean, that provides us all with carbon storage,

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 And the usual evidence offered is the college a college grad who makes on average 56 percent more than a high school grad. Let's look at that number more carefully, because on the face of it, it seems to belie the stories we all hear

How college loans...

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 being unable to cope with high temperatures is a giant hornet's achilles heel the warmth of the hornet's nest belies the change in season seasons change fast up here in the mountains

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 Gradually, they carved out Mount Rushmore. Now, the monument draws nearly 3 million people to South Dakota’s Black Hills every year. But its façade belies a dark history.

The dark history of...

 I text her, she responds. It's just been absolutely great. So our millennial generation is built differently. Now, I'm older, and my youthful looks might belie that,

Anant Agarwal: Why...

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