Quote by Rebecca West
Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say a

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. – Rebecca West

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. – Rebecca West

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A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me. – Sue Monk Kidd

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I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. – Helen Fielding

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There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust – good Christians and good Communists. – Joe Slovo

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Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent. – Guy Verhofstadt

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