Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes
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Tell the truth.
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I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
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After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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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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We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it.
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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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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.
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Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.
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Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
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Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even when, by the sheer strength of his case, he prevails, he is put down as a scoundrel.
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I knew better than to let you break my heart The soul you'll never see again won't be showing scars You still love her I can see it in your eyes The truth is all that I can hear every time you lie.
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While the angels, all pallid and wan,Uprising, unveiling, affirmThat the play is the tragedy, 'Man',And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's a nice change of pace each time.
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Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.
