- Nov 07, 2020
Truth Quotes
Truth, examined from a few angles.
This set opens with the idea that a story's meaning ultimately depends on the relationship between reader, writer, and character, before turning to a pointed geopolitical observation about oil and foreign intervention. For more grounded reflections, see Heart.
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- Money
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The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I believe strongly in is developing institutions - legal, press, bureaucracies, academies - that are rooted in the pursuit of impartial truth. That aren't simply just bent to partisan ends or are corrupted for the powerful or for other ulterior motives.
- Hypothesis
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One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious - we get defensive and try to solve the problem rather than finding the truth in what the person is saying.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.
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- Nov 07, 2020