"It is the opposite of ignoranceâ€”it is intellectual honesty: to be willing to accept reality and to call things what they are even when it is hard."

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Source : Todd Burpo (2014). “Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”, p.75, Thomas Nelson Inc

Todd Burpo

#Honesty Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Reality Quotes

“Many developing countries are enjoying demographic changes. They have a younger demographic composition so they're not burdened by legacy policy. Now, if you combine this with a good macro policy and ambitious structural policy, those countries are able to move more flexibly and be more agile.”
“It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?”

Source : "Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje: 'I didn't want to be black. So I joined the skinheads...'" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”
“Lying on the ceiling. Refusing to go to school. Not opening up to me. Climbing water towers. "No, she's all right.”
“In case there is any question in your mind," he said, cupping her face with his hands. "What I want, what I most desire, the loveliest sight on this dark earth, is you.”
“One of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties.”
“Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.”
“It's not any more unusual to be born twice than it is to be born once.”

Source : Song: Conversations with the Devil

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