- Man
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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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- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember, years ago, if I had had an opportunity to leave the Lakers, I would have left for one reason: because I did not like an owner that was not telling me the truth. And it would have made no difference what they would have offered me; I would have left.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people respond to truth. 'Straight Outta Compton' made $60 million over the weekend, right? That's not just a black audience. 'Empire' grew every single week. That's not just a black audience. Black culture is American culture, you know what I mean? They're becoming more and more one in the same.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you've ever liked an artist or someone who then does something or is accused of something extremely corrupt, and your moral conscience won't allow you to accept that artist, the truth is then that creates a void in your life. Because then something you loved was taken from you.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth with a capital T is worthwhile.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Americans will face the truth, our nation can be turned around and can be saved from the evils and the destruction that have fallen upon every other nation that has turned its back on God.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries.
- Certain Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's certain things that people hold as truth but that are not always necessarily true.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
- Devices
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- Nov 07, 2020
Citizens have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others and sought social proof, but social media have amplified the phenomena to unprecedented heights. As digital devices permeate every aspect of our lives, it has boosted the way in which information can distort truth.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020