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Quote by Graham Greene
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a d

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. – Graham Greene

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Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast. – Graham Greene

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War
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In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! – Graham Greene

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Peace
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God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed — that is the meaning of evolution. – Graham Greene

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Evolution
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Other Quotes from
Truth
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There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs. – William Osler

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Truth

If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. – Hans Eysenck

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Truth

The truth is, if anyone saw my home life, Im pretty sure it would look like other families around the world. Theres a lot of juggling to be done. – Brooke Burke

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Truth

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action. – Bryant H. McGill

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Truth

Random Quotes

During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. – Michael N. Castle

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Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers. – Khalil Gibran

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Love

Peace of mind for five minutes, thats what I crave. – Alanis Morissette

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Peace

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change. – Sarah Palin

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Change