T Quotes
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“The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live there. We don't go home at the end of the day and think, "Well, I really know who I am now because the Wall Street Journal says that the Stock Exchange closed at this many points." What we know about how to be who we are comes from stories. It comes from the novels, the movies, the fashion magazines. It comes from popular culture.”
“The truth is, fish have very little sex life. If you have ever tried to make love under water, you will know why.”
“The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as deeply personal as someone like Marc Maron or a lot of comedians, but they are essentially my life and my interpretation of it.”
“The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution.”
“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“The truth is, homes change over time — and technology has to adapt, not try to do everything at once.”
“The truth is, however rich people get, they hate paying tax. Some live abroad for a year, or years at a time just to avoid it. Bizarre really - desperate economic migrants are driven to leave their homeland because of poverty; tax exiles are driven overseas by their wealth.”
“The truth is, however, that every religion form is superior to the others in a particular respect, and it is this characteristic that in fact indicates the sufficient reason for the existence of that form.”
“the truth is, I am heartily sick of this life & of the nineteenth century in general. (I am convinced that every thing is going wrong.)”
Source: The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
“The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found in living. I choose. After all, it's my point of view.”
“The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake”
“The truth is, I can’t read anything with any distance. Every book is a self-help book to me. Just having them makes me feel better.”
Source: Attempting Normal
“The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.”
Source: Diary of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passages
“The truth is, I don't have a real clue what love is - how to find it, how to give it. Once upon a time I thought I knew.”
“The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.”
“The truth is, I don't really have a type of girl.”
“The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb.”
“The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say.”
“The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and I didn't feel personally connected to the level of success I had with it - the success of sorts, I guess.”
“The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.”
Source: Lafcadio's Adventures: A Novel
“The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.”
“The truth is, I just don't have that much time to see movies. So if I get two hours where I can actually see a film, I don't want to go backwards, I want to go forwards.”
“The truth is, I just don't have the drive to be the prettiest and the thinnest. I can be happy for other people for their beauty.”
“The truth is, I just love to work. I love being on set. I love being around crews. I love being around my fellow actors. Anything that can keep that going is a joy for me.”
“The truth is, I just want do things that are original and throw an original spin on them.”
“The truth is, I love Firestar now as much as I ever did, and I'll watch over him forever, knowing that he can never be mine. He belongs to Sandstorm and to ThunderClan. But my heart is his, and always will be.”
“The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.”
“The truth is, I need to experience my mother's presence in the world around me and not just in my head.”
“The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.”
Source: A Room of One's Own: And Three Guineas
“The truth is, I pretend to be a cynic, but I am really a dreamer who is terrified of wanting something she may never get.”
“The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out.”
“The truth is, I was always picky anyway.”
“The truth is, I wrote a novel when I was 23. It's hideously bad. Truly rotten.”
“The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.”
“The truth is, I'm a storyteller. And it scares me, because my training as an academic is that the more accessible you are and the more human you are, the less smart you are. It's a shame trigger for me to be honest.”
“The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.”
“The truth is, I'm not a coper. I hate stress. I might appear calm externally but internally it's all going on.”
“The truth is, I'm not body confident.”
“The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.”
Source: Rising to the Challenge: My Leadership Journey
“The truth is, I've always been afraid of letting anyone get too close. I built a wall around me, a barricade to hide behind those few times someone wanted entry to my heart.”
“The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression.”
“The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family.”
“The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.”
“The truth is, I've been the Hulk my whole life.”
“The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.”
“The truth is, I've made about 30 movies in 30 years, and I've been criticized for 30 years for not making more movies.”
“The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.”
Source: My Story
“The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!”
“The truth is, if a werewolf behaved like this psychopath it wouldn't be because he was part animal, but because he was still too human. Only humans kill for sport.”
Source: Bitten
“The truth is, if anything, I'm probably addicted to laughter.”