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"I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them."
"It is better to be running after the truth and principles of God than to be running after miracles."
"There is no need to upset about the fact that our ancestors were monkeys, because they are capable chaps! Don't be sad about the truth, just understand the truth!"
"A distorted perspective of mankind is a terrible independence."
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours."
"When you live by understanding, you will not live in deception."
"See? my mother would say, smiling at me and my sister, Carol, in turn. "We live in the greatest country on earth. See how lucky we are?And yet the ash continued swirling down, and the smells of death came through the windows, crept under the door, hung in our carpets and curtains, and screamed of her lie.Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?And if you lie to a liar, is the sin somehow negated or reversed?These are the kinds of questions I ask myself now: in these dark, watery hours, when night and day are interchangeable. No. Not true."
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"I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them."
"Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me."
"Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside."
"One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt."
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