"But it is not the job of truth……" — William Deresiewicz
"But it is not the job of truth to make us feel good. It is the job of truth to be true, and it is our job to deal with it."
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William Deresiewicz
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11 Quotes by William Deresiewicz
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There's no doubt about it: fun people are fun. But I finally learned that there is something more important, in…
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Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the most…is yourself
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If you're oblivious to other people, chances are pretty good that you're going to hurt them.
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Hence the vogue for double majors. It isn’t enough anymore to take a bunch of electives in addition to your…
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People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most…
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Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort,…
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If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts
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Autonomy, adventure, imagination: entrepreneurshi p comprehends all this and more for us. The characteristic art form of our age may…
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Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people's ideas, or…
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People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody…
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