- Journalism
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- 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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- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can't raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can't cut anything, we're obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first accepted piece of writing is the most exciting. No other publishing experience matches it. Perhaps jaundice sets in, or expectations are raised, or one starts to think that one is better than is the truth.
- Each Week
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faithfully obeying God's commandments is essential to receiving the Holy Ghost. We are reminded of this truth each week as we listen to the sacrament prayers and worthily partake of the bread and water.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once a profound truth has been seen, it cannot be 'unseen'. There's no 'going back' to the person you were. Even if such a possibility did exist... why would you want to?
- Handing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you do something that is not gags and punchlines and is character-based, where there are no jokes as such, then it all has to come from a place of truth, and I love that - I love nothing more than getting very serious about my comedy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people have this sort of idea that 'Sex and the City' was this overnight sensation, and that can't be farther from the truth.
- Arrested
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- Nov 07, 2020
I told the truth when I said I have never been arrested. I have never been handcuffed or fingerprinted. I have never appeared in court as a defendant.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
The novel and the film of 'The Color Purple' are both works of the imagination that make claim to historical truth.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's good training for a novelist to try to discern the truth about a place after only a few glimpses of it.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020