William Blake Quotes
The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self-evident thing is a Knave.
Quotes to Explore
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People talk about 'getting rid of the old image', and I guess there's some merit in that. But the truth is that people loved 'The Wonder Years' - I can't turn my back on it.
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Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.
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Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
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The incentive for digging up gossip has become so great that people will break the law for the opportunity to take that picture. Then it crosses the line into invasion of privacy. The thing that's really bad about it, though, is that the tabloids don't tell the truth.
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The truth is, if we have our own reasons for doing something - reasons that we endorse - we're more likely to do it; we're more likely to stick with it.
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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.
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We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart.
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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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As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.
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The larger truth, the universal truth that you can give in a novel, is far greater than what you can give through journalism.
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.
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Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
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We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.
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Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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As a revelation from God, they have stood the test of many ages; and as such maintained their ground against every species of enemy, and every mode of attack. Truth is mighty, and must prevail.
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We fear not the truth, even if it be gloomy, but its counterfeit.
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I think it's lovely when people are more involved in local politics.
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Horsemanship and the cowboy lifestyle and my culture as a Native American are all three things that are very, very important to me.
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I come from a sports family and my husband is a rugby player.
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My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.
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The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self-evident thing is a Knave.
