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Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. -- Fareed Zakaria
I listen to a variety of music. The only common point is strong lyrics; I'm more obsessed with lyrics than music. I need to hear a form of truth, and if it's a hard truth, even better. -- Lou Doillon
Staring down hard truth takes guts. -- Joan Bauer
I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie. -- Jacqueline Carey
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. -- Carl Sagan
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it. -- George R. R. Martin
The ability to make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered. -- David A. Heenan
The hard truth is that sometimes we need to lie to ourselves to continue to live -- Bangambiki Habyarimana
[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science. -- Carl Sagan
The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow. -- Edward Abbey
I cared about us. But the cold hard truth was, nothing I said or did could realign the stars. -- Becca Fitzpatrick
be the rain that causes the rainbow this means, tell someone the hard truth to change their life for the better. -- Mya Waechtler
The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America. -- Hillary Clinton
Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings and realize that it's sometimes more important to be nice than to be honest. -- Anna Quindlen
Don't invest your love and respect for everyone. These attributes are admired by some. It is unfortunate but it is cold hard truth" -- Ahmed Akram Mirza
Truth needs wisdom's guidance. Wisdom prevents a hard truth from getting the best of you when an imperfect character brings out the worst in you. -- Stella Payton
Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal. -- Carl Sagan
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy. -- Carl Sagan
One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy. -- Tom Hayden
The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come. -- Barack Obama
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, that is the heart of science. -- Carl Sagan
Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can inspire people to take action that will make the situation better. -- John P. Kotter
The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the truth. Sometimes the truth sounds like bad news, but it is just what we need. -- Bill Gates
There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail." -- James C. Collins
We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations, acting individually or in concert, will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified. -- Barack Obama
It's a hard truth for Americans to face, that neither team in Washington is going to guard what we love the most. That is something we are going to have to face. Liberty is for the citizens to guard themselves. -- Llewellyn Rockwell
If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data, not mere anecdote. As with the face on Mars and alien abductions, better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. -- Carl Sagan
The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by. -- Jeffrey Sachs
The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed. -- Susan Sontag
A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in that way. Perhaps, however, within the self there might come a resonance, the awareness of having done something difficult, of having done . . . something. -- Guy Gavriel Kay
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family. -- Henri Nouwen
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family. -- Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the 'miracle of engineering' that is the human body that was filling me with a mad desire to live my days and nights in a pair of scrubs. The hard truth was I did not remotely want to be a surgeon. I actually just wanted to be on 'Grey's Anatomy.' -- Caterina Scorsone
Expressing truth is hard work. -- Timothy Noah
I deliver my Truth hot and hard. -- Stephen Colbert
Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does. -- Helen Hayes
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time. -- Gerald R. Ford
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. -- Francis Bacon
In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it. -- Christian Slater
Dear Internet: You are very good at spreading rumors. Truth is more valuable and much harder to come by. -- Mark Frost
The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see. -- Hillary Clinton
But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know. -- Donna Tartt
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. -- Robert H. Schuller
It's always so hard when people assume someone cheated or broke up a marriage, when the truth may actually be much more complicated. -- Christian Borle
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. -- H. L. Mencken
It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the misperceptions people have. But there's so much more. There are multiple truths. -- Roxane Gay
How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any hope of knowing the concepts and truths that help deal with life? -- Foster Friess
Journalism has changed tremendously because of the democratization of information. Anybody can put something up on the Internet. It's harder and harder to find what the truth is. -- Robert Redford
You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it. -- Julianne Moore
All I know, is that I feel extremely blessed to be on TV. It's a hard job, but real life is harder. Truth be told, playgrounds can be war zones. -- Atticus Shaffer
There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking. -- Bill Gates
The President's biggest problem right now is he's gotta tell the truth. And we've seen this in New Jersey. I've told lots of hard truths in New Jersey that people didn't necessarily agree with, but they give you credit for looking them in the eye and telling them the truth. -- Chris Christie
Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg! -- Terry Pratchett
Hope is bulletproof, truth just hard to hit -- Christopher Moore
Truth only means something when it's hard to admit. -- Nicholas Sparks
It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to. -- Mason Cooley
Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk. -- John Milton
Truth is a bubble and hard to hold on to. -- Marty Rubin
Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Truth without love is too hard; love without truth is too soft. -- John Stott
It is always hard to hear the buried truth from another person ... -- May Sarton
Truth is a glorious but hard mistress. She never consults, bargains or compromises. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
The truth about logos is that they are not that hard to do. -- Michael Bierut
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I'm a fan of the truth... even if it's painfully hard to accept. -- Dan Brown
Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise; a lie is much more imaginative. -- Dejan Stojanovic
Dishonesty increases disorder exponentially. It's hard enough to communicate when you're telling the truth. -- Karen Marie Moning
Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems. -- Ellis Peters
I did try very hard to tell the whole truth without violating my literary instincts. -- George Orwell
The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not. -- Amy Poehler
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find. -- Mencius
Those who search for truth are too conscious of the maze to be hard on others. -- E. M. Forster
It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white. -- Gregg Allman
It's hard not to tell the truth with a camera. Artists are particularly good at that. -- Edward Weston
Women have a hard enough time in this world: telling them the truth would be too cruel. -- H. L. Mencken
The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth. -- Alan Ball
Work hard, do your best, live the truth, trust yourself, have some fun...and you'll have no regrets. -- Byrd Baggett
They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth. -- Gerald Massey
You get so used to lying that after a while it's hard to remember what the truth is. -- Philip Agee
Truth is cold and hard but it is also the first step on the path to hope and salvation. -- Lynn Tilton
You must have respect for those who tell you the truth about you, no matter how hard it is -- Anil Sinha
It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it. -- Fulton J. Sheen
The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver. -- Ellen Glasgow
Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it, I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic. -- Immortal Technique
Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying. -- Fred Rogers
It always comes back to the same necessity: go deep enough and there is a bedrock of truth, however hard. -- May Sarton
We have come to an age where it is very hard to know which is truth and which is deceit -- Bangambiki Habyarimana
Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you might die of the truth. -- Stephen Vincent Benet
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. -- Robert H. Schuller
One must look hard through history to find when a clear understanding of the truth moved anyone to fire the first shot. -- Robert Breault
Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult. Even with no motive to be false, it is very hard to say the exact truth. -- George Eliot
We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges. -- Gene Wolfe
We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard defining edges. -- Gene Wolfe
Do I attribute my success to hard work, or sunscreen? If you want the truth, maybe you should ask my new albino secretary. -- Jarod Kintz
Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love. -- John Stott
It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it. -- Aaron Koblin
At some point, all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it. -- Gabrielle Bernstein
Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love. -- John Stott
It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody. -- Maya Angelou
The truth is women in the workplace don't have to fight nearly as hard for opportunities, or to dispel stereotypes, as they did before. -- Suze Orman
All high truth is poetry. Take the results of science: they glow with beauty, cold and hard as are the methods of reaching them. -- Charles Buxton
Whatever we want to think about American business - work hard, tell the truth, have morality - it's a myth. There's a lot of graft. -- Mark Ruffalo
Truth is, I'm a bit old school. For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is. -- Steve Nash
Some truths are hard to swallow, so we share it within tales that most people will accept without being frightened by the truth hidden within. -- Larry Itejere
If the truth is told how I want to be remembered... as someone who cared. Someone who worked really hard and someone who didn't sit around. -- Henry Rollins
If only these walls could talk"¦the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyone's a liar. -- Gregg Olsen
Truth, like milk, arrives in the dark But even so, wise dogs don't bark. Only mongrels make it hard For the milkman to come up the yard. -- Christopher Morley
You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke. -- Monica Johnson
Love is no game! It is no flowery softness! It is hard work- It demands everything from you- especially the truth. Only then does it yield results. -- Rick Riordan
No doubt the truth is hard to come by for those who do not like the sound of it - dreams and illusions are so much more pleasant. -- Anatoli Granovsky
People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is a very hard and troublesome thing to dispose of whole, half, and quarter-mistakes; to sift them and assign the portion of truth to its proper place. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Falling hard for somebody makes you do things you never thought you'd do before. Like pulling off an A in History or finally facing the truth about yourself -- Steve Kluger
The cacophony of contemporary popular culture makes it hard to discern the call of truth and wisdom. There is no area in which practicing asceticism is more important. -- Rod Dreher

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