Quotes with half-truth

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  • William Butler Yeats I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Thomas Malthus I think it will be found that experience,
    the true source and foundation of all knowledge,
    invariably confirms its truth.
    Thomas Malthus
    English cleric and scholar (1766 - 1834)
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  • Abbey Lincoln I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
    Abbey Lincoln
    American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress (1930 - 2010)
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  • Reinhold Niebuhr I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    American theologist, historian (1892 - 1971)
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  • Samuel Goldwyn I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Buddha I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Zig Ziglar I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Alice Miller I was not out to paint beautiful pictures; even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.
    Alice Miller
    Polish-born Swiss psychologist (1923 - 2010)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Emily Brontë I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
    Wuthering Heights (1847) Ch. XII)
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Samuel Johnson I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bette Davis I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Babe Ruth I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump all the time.
    Babe Ruth: his life and time by Paul Adomites, p. 172
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Malcolm X I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Barbra Streisand I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Bill Medley I'm kind of a nervous guy. I know on television I look like I'm half asleep, but inside I'm going about 100 miles an hour.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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  • Arthur Godfrey I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Ben Affleck I'm sure I can make a movie that doesn't feel like a seventies movie! But the truth is, that's my favorite era in American filmmaking. To me, those were the great years.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bev Perdue I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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