Being True Quotes - Page 35

• I am not running for mayor yet. But if it comes to be true that people cannot voice an opinion unless they have been elected, then we are no longer in a democracy.

  Margaret Atwood

  Running, Voice, People

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• No man is worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so.

  John Vanbrugh

  Men, Wife, Infidelity

  'The Relapse' (1696) act 3, sc. 2

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• America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.

  James T. Farrell

  Opposites, Usa, America

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• The first step to boosting your income is to identify where your passion lives and to be true to it.

  Alan Cohen

  Passion, Income, Firsts

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• You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.

  Herbert Read

  Independent, Men, Thinking

  Sir Herbert Edward Read (1964). “Selected writings: poetry and criticism”

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• Any relationships that would reject you for being true to yourself are - by definition - abusive relationships. You'll be much better off when you let them go.

  Steve Pavlina

  Rejects You, Thought Provoking, Definitions

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• To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Freedom, Essence, Honor And Respect

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953”, p.30, Best Books on

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• For the first time in a long time, our leaders in Washington understand what Americans of all religious backgrounds have long held to be true: through faith, all things are possible.

  John Ashcroft

  Religious, Long, Leader

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• To seek truth and to utter what one believes to be true can never be a crime. No one must be forced to accept a conviction. Conviction is free.

  Michael Servetus

  Truth, Believe, Crime

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• Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Wise, Truth

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• Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from Gods, or from an inspired source. Believe it only if you have explored it in your own heart and mind and body and found it to be true. Work out your own path, through diligence.

  Gautama Buddha

  Religious, Believe, Heart

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• My friend I wish health to you,
  I also wish wealth to you;
  I wish the best that life can give to you,
  And may dreams always come true to you.
  May fortune to kind to you,
  And happiness be true to you;
  And love be so sweet to you
  And life be long and good to you.
  And in this toast we give to you
  Our love we all give to you.

  Willie Jolley

  Dream, Sweet, Drinking

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• Lore is my favorite kind of story. Because it's not only historical, it's a lie everyone knows is a lie but tells anyway. I love that. Of course every story I tell is true. Completely true. Completely and utterly at least five-eighths of the way to being true, which is truer than any piece of lore and truer than most truths you'll hear.

  Kevin Sampsell

  Lying, Historical, Stories

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• From this point of view, to avoid your strengths and to focus on your weaknesses isn't a sign of diligent humility. It is almost irresponsible. By contrast the most responsible, the most challenging, and, in the sense of being true to yourself, the most honorable thing to do is face up to the strength potential inherent in your talents and then find ways to realize it.

  Donald O. Clifton

  Humility, Views, Focus

  Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (2001). “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage, or in my case also on screen, you have to be true.

  Luise Rainer

  Believe, Thinking, People

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I have learned never to judge any of the characters that I portay. Sometimes that is difficult to do because as a human being we tend to make judgements when we find out information about people and situations. In order to bring a character to life, though, I find that I cannot judge her or I won't be true to her.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Character, Order, Judging

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• The hero, in living her own life, in being true to herself; radiates a light by which others may see their own way.

  Laurence Boldt

  Hero, Light, May

  Laurence G. Boldt (1999). “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design”, p.94, Penguin

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• Be true to thine own self.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Life, Self

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• Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true.
  And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you.

  Phife Dawg

  Being Yourself, Lying, Rap

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• If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.

  Ricky Jay

  Truth, Reality, Sound

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• So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

  Antoine Fuqua

  Successful, Artist, Reality

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Bottom up thinkers try to start from experience and move from experience to understanding. They don't start with certain general principles they think beforehand are likely to be true; they just hope to find out what reality is like.

  John Polkinghorne

  Moving, Reality, Thinking

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• The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we but be true to ourselves.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Lying, Dark, Light

  Woodrow Wilson (2015). “Wilson, Volume V: Campaigns for Progressivism and Peace, 1916-1917”, p.368, Princeton University Press

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• There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important.

  John Boorman

  Romantic, Thinking, Two Sides

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• There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Historical, Democracy

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (1999). “Remarks and commentary by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton--Vital voices, 1997-1999”

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