- Practice
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best part of two centuries, we British ruled the waves, controlled two-fifths of the planet, and believed it was our responsibility to bring civilisation to those who allegedly lacked it.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Julian Assange is certainly no hero. The man behind WikiLeaks issued threats as if he were Dr. No bent on ending civilization as we know it. We will find him, lock him up, and throw away the key. But give the man credit; for a week the truth was laid bare.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is a lot of people doing professional video editing and things like that are using these displays that are mounted in place and they have stands already. When they upgrade displays, they take them out and put them in the same place and they don't need to buy new mounts and new stands for them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician.
- Far Less
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was the desire to see black girls and our experiences in the books that I was given to read at school that forced me to speak my truth. I launched #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive to collect the stories of women of color.
- Capabilities
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd like to lay claim to some extraordinary act of originality, truth is I'm only taking advantage of capabilities inherent in everyone.
- Concerned
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.
- Laptop
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truth be told, I'm much more comfortable in a pair of hiking boots or with a rack of climbing gear than in front of a laptop.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020