"The truth is how you say it, and to be 'one's self' is the most shocking custom of all."

-- Djuna Barnes

#Self Quotes #Truth Is Quotes

“I decided to an actress because of the film 'La Dolce Vita.”

Source : The Scene Interview, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2006.
“What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends the moment we're in, comes up with ways of dealing with it, and eschews the politically cheap and manipulative. That admits affection and respect. That encourages them. That acknowledges that the small things that divide us are not worthy of the moment; that agrees that the things that can be done to ease the stresses we feel as a nation should be encouraged, while those that encourage our cohesion as a nation should be supported.”
“Separation of church and state in Virginia, instead of weakening Christianity, as the conservatives of the Revolution had feared, really aided it in securing a power over men far greater than it had known in the past.”
“If truth is not undergirded by love, it makes the possessor of that truth obnoxious and the truth repulsive.”
“A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.”
“Honesty is a big deal, and when your honest everything will fall into place.”
“Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.”
“I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.”

Source : "An Interview with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys". Interview with David Flumenbaum, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2008.

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