Eugene V. Debs Quotes
The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed.
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I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
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I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic truth about markets that was foreign to the literature of economics.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Songwriters tell the truth.
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To tell the truth, fairytales have never gone out of style. They have been told and retold for thousands of years, finding new shapes and structures with each new generation of tellers.
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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
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The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.
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Tests that sugar-coat the truth only set up our kids to fail in worse ways down the road.
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Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.
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Facts are many, but the truth is one.
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I know what I like in other actors: truth. That's the best. It makes you say, 'OK, I'll go with you on this.'
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When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
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The truth is that intelligence, knowledge, and domain expertise are vastly overrated as the driving forces behind competitive advantage and sustainable success.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The more one presupposes that his own power will suffice him to realize what he desires the more practical is that desire. When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right.
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Go, Soul, the body’s guest,Upon a thankless arrant:Fear not to touch the best;The truth shall be thy warrant:Go, since I needs must die,And give the world the lie.Say to the court, it glows.And shines like rotten wood;Say to the church, it showsWhat’s good, and doth no good:If church and court reply,Then give them both the lie.
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If we have truth, it cannot be harmed by investigation. If we have not truth, it ought to be harmed.'
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
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I don't necessarily believe that the sting of failure is a bad thing. It gives you a certain amount of freedom to just say fuck it!
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I had just started ninth grade when I got my acne. And I had braces. I wouldn't look people in the eye. It was not a good time for me - it just killed my self-esteem. I thought when I didn't look at someone, they couldn't see my face.
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When we started the Allman Brothers, it was all about the music.
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No self-respecting feminist could argue with the claim that the novel is more likely to accept existing power structures than not. But there's a vast difference, surely, between Dickens saying Indians should be exterminated and a Dave Eggers writing eloquently about the NSA, but not being as outspoken on American military power abroad.
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The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed.
