"It's not that there is no such thing as truth. But we come to like and trust a certain story, not because it's necessarily the most absolutely truthful, but because it's a thing that we tell ourselves makes sense of the world, at least at this moment."

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Source : "My Kid Could Paint That". Documentary, Family, Mystery, www.imdb.com. 2007.

Michael Kimmelman

#Truth Quotes #Stories Quotes #World Quotes

“Return to the battle again, no longer trusting in the false and insufficient human resources which so foolishly we had taken into the battle, but now trusting in the limitless resources of our risen Lord.”
“I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once.”
“The top threat that gets very little focus from Washington these days is what Adm. Mike Mullen identified as the biggest threat to the U.S.: the American debt.”

Source : "Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.
“Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart.”
“I can hear, underground, that sucking and sobbing, In my veins, in my bones I feel it,- The small water seeping upward, The tight grains parting at last. When sprouts break out, Slippery as fish, I quail, lean to beginnings, sheath-wet.”
“Tyra the businesswoman is very close to - and I hate third person, but you said it, oh, chiiild, you said it - but me the businessperson and me the person: very similar. I can be in a business meeting and be all 'Wooo!' and 'Oh, child!' and still be talking revenues and profits and cash flows.”
“Coach wants me to shoot, and he tells me never to lose my aggressiveness. That's most important.”
“There's a lot more historical baggage to deal with as a wife than as a partner.”

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