It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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Everything I say is true. ~Laura Schlessinger
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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