"I never let the facts get in the way of the truth!"

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Source : Farley Mowat (2015). “Never Cry Wolf”, p.110, Open Road Media

Farley Mowat

#Way Quotes #Facts Quotes

“There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.”
“As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.”

Source : "Interview: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi". Interview with Alex Perry, content.time.com. September 6, 2007.
“The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.”
“Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted.”
“I think you get less takes on TV than in movies.”
“I believe that the greatest truths of the universe don't lie outside, in the study of the stars and the planets. They lie deep within us, in the magnificence of our heart, mind, and soul. Until we understand what is within, we can't understand what is without.”
“Ann Taylor - great name, great real estate, shitty business. Gap -great name, great real estate, declining business. J.Crew - Hellooo? Great name, better fashion image than the Gap.”
“Why is everything always my decision?" I asked. Because you will not tolerate anything else." Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered. - Anita to Jean-Claude”

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