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I wish I had coined the phrase tyranny of choice, but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them. – Susan Orlean

The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. Thats the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. Thats worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth. – Ang Lee

Reclaiming the word fat was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and thats ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional. – Beth Ditto

Im not a tough guy. Im just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you cant deal with it, too bad. – Kevin OLeary

One is a child when one has a child. No one says, You will never be the same again. Which is the truth! And were all supposed to be happy all the time. What is that about? – Emma Thompson

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is theyre running the asylum. – Robert De Niro

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise youre just playing about. – Nigel Kneale

The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that Im one of the least competitive people youll ever meet. Except with myself. – Daniel Craig

I know what I like in other actors: truth. Thats the best. It makes you say, OK, Ill go with you on this. – Daniel Craig

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isnt really a liar after all. He simply cant control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. – Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

People often ask, why arent you reading about what it is youre working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages a night before your eyelids close. – David Petraeus

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesnt work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth – having an object outside of our personal point of view. – Nate Silver

The truth is, I dont have any problem with journalists – I count some of them as friends – also some of my heroes are journalists, Im a big fan of Robert Fisk – great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for whats right. – Daniel Craig

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of ones enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with ones friends. – Joseph Conrad

Im someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if Im empowered with the truth, Im not going to shut up. – Scott Ritter

I dont know much about creative writing programs. But theyre not telling the truth if they dont teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer. – Doris Lessing

It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. – Doris Lessing

Ive worked for 55 years. Im going to take a little time off, to tell you the truth. Its just that now in the last couple of weeks, Gelman is pouring it on. Farewell to Regis! Its getting embarrassing. – Regis Philbin

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. Its a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you its a way to survive and get closer to the truth. – Laura Linney

Truth is lifes most precious commodity. – Edwin Louis Cole