#truth

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people. ↗

— Jen Knox

#artist #empathy #life #philosophy #truth

I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to. ↗

— Connie Nielsen

#art #aspire #business #even #fame

So a truthful assessment of how America is doing in the war on terror as a result of President Bush's war on Iraq is that we have been set back by decades. ↗

— John Olver

#assessment #back #been #bush #decades

I look at the human sciences as poetic sciences in which there is no objectivity, and I see film as not being objective, and cinema verite as a cinema of lies that depends on the art of telling yourself lies. If you’re a good storyteller then the lie is more true than reality, and if you’re a bad one, the truth is worse than a half lie. ↗

— Jean Rouch

#fiction #lies #reality #truth #art

Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy. ↗

— Roy Orbison

#could #good #i #look #mercy

Your kids pissing you off is an inborn instinct. It's nature's way of getting you to kick them out when they turn 18! Okaaay. ~sigh~ Due to the times, you can kick them out between the ages of 28-38. Can someone please dramatically reduce the cost of housing, already? ~SHEESH~ ↗

— Dakota Dawn

#humor #inspirational #life #truth #age

It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own. ↗

— James Otis

#barter #care #clear #day #every

The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever. ↗

— Al Pacino

#good #know #life #need #our

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#asks #liberty #nature #such #truth

In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results. ↗

— Sean Parker

#did #elements #extremely #innovative #lot