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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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Truth is seldom appreciated and never understood, whereas a flattering lie is always appreciated and instantly understood.
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One of the great things about Churchill is that he had the guts to say the unpalatable, to level with the people, even if it cost him politically to tell them the truth.
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Scott Walker is going to tell people the truth - not with bombastic and self-congratulatory language, but in that endearing Midwestern way.
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Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
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Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.
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It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
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Knowledge goes hand-in-hand with truth - something I learned with a bit of tough love from my Jesuit education first at Regis High School in New York City and then at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass.
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Rage is a really fun place to dance from - expressions of anger sublimated into something beautiful are invigorating, especially if you feel like you're telling the truth.
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As a transgendered artist, I have always occupied a place outside of the mainstream. I have gladly paid a price for speaking my truth in the face of loathing and idiocy.
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The challenge of writing books for teenagers is walking the fine line between truth and what the publishers, parents, and the more conservative librarians want to hear.
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I do believe that the truth gets out.
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