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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I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
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My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.
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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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Under the rose, since here are none but friends, To own the truth we have some private ends.
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As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.
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I'm still walking around New York like a tourist staring up at all the skyscrapers. I wave at people, I shake hands, I help ladies with strollers.
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The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship must perish with it.
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Vision, even for a dragon, is woefully unreliable. What you can see with great clarity may not be real; what you cannot see may be the ultimate reality.
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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.
