"Any truth creates a scandal."

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Marguerite Yourcenar

#Truth Quotes #Scandal Quotes

“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.”
“Part of the heart of anarchy is, dare to go against the grain of the conventional ways of thinking about our realities. Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that's been a place of hope.”
“He had found many years ago before that if you kept very quiet people filled in the silences themselves,offering more information than they had originally intended to give.”
“The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.”
“If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death.”

Source : Paul Ricoeur (2005). “The EPZ Conflict of Interpretations”, p.404, A&C Black
“Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.”
“Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives. As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out with each other just because we believe in different methods, or tactics, or strategy. We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as free humans in this society.”
“I don't even have many friends anymore because I backed away from them. When things went wrong for me I didn't want them to have any part of my trouble.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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