- Mirror
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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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- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It kind of irritates me that I'm seen as this pretty face. People also say I'm too thin. The truth is pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of part of human nature to want to know the truth or want to be in on the secret. For stories that focus in on that - like whodunits - it's easy to get drawn into.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not in the business of being 'friendly.' First and foremost, I'm a journalist. My business is the truth. Now, I happen to be other things, too - a pop-culture phenomenon, the most in-demand speaker on the campus lecture circuit, whatever. But I believe in facts.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020