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

Other quotes by Rebecca West

Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. – Rebecca West

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Birds
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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. – Rebecca West

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Truth
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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West

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communication
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Other Quotes from
Trust
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I dont think I can answer questions about the trust fund. – Louise Woodward

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Trust

Millions have been taken from me. If you are not on top of it and you make a lot of money, and you trust business managers, then, yes, money will be taken from you. – Stephanie Mills

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Trust

David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actors instincts, since after all, its the actors playing the character. – William Devane

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Trust

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with. – Sean Durkin

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Trust

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A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing. – Joey Adams

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Marriage

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that Im going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed. – Scott Ritter

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Intelligence

I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had – it was all – these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing. – Chris Isaak

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dad

Sin, guilt, neurosis they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. – Henry Miller

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Knowledge