"Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach."

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Source : Ted Koppel's Commencement Address at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, www.crisismagazine.com. February 1, 1988.

Ted Koppel

#Strong Quotes #Medicine Quotes #Our Society Quotes

“I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine - anything from a mutated baddy in a comic book action thriller, to a detective. If anything, I'd like Gary Oldman's career: he's the perfect example of it. I've love to have a really broad sweep of characters - to be able to do something edgy, surprising and unfashionable.”
“On her daughter's pet rabbit: I don't think he liked being in a cage and wouldn't stop masturbating and humping his bowl.”
“Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another.”
“Pleasure for others is the only pleasure possible to me. I assure you I'm quite selfish! - I'm greedy for the happiness of those I love - and if they can't or won't be happy I'm perfectly miserable.”

Source : Marie Corelli (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of Marie Corelli (Illustrated)”, p.8930, Delphi Classics
“You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.”

Source : Ken Kesey (2016). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”, p.123, Hamilton Books
“The worst part about people with bad personalities is they don't know it.”
“I often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control...My hotel check-in name used to be Mr BL Zebub.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Johnny Davis, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2007.
“Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.”

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