The US star was addressing the Oxford Union about truth and consequences.
The novel demands to be read like this, as a fable, for while it roots around in the stench and swill of life, it is at the same time a highly figurative tale about truth versus fact, about meaning, and the power of language both to carry and destroy it.
Despite his goal of promoting harmony between the faiths, Pope Benedict stuck firmly to what he saw as a gift of truth that he had been born into in his native Bavaria - namely that the Roman Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ and despite all its human imperfections, had the authority to define doctrine and make definitive statements about truth and falsehood.
The name Kuan-Shu, which means "observing trees" in Chinese, refers to Buddhist scripture about attaining truth while immersed in the peacefulness of nature.
It has emerged that the governors did not satisfy themselves about the truth of the reports, confining themselves to judging whether procedures had been complied with.
Fyodorov wanted to hear a melody in an orchestra and to watch a spectacle in a theatre, so as to have some understanding in his soul about the truth of life and to see the universal horizon.
What I was trying to do, and I hope I'm still trying to do, is to talk about the truth, the reality of the America we live in today, where we have a few people--and I might add, including myself--who are doing very, very well, and then most of the country who's struggling every single day.
In his book The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford talks about how prices in competitive markets tell the truth about the costs and benefits of different courses of action.
What is important about the book is that it helps spread the truth about investing to the masses in an easy-to-read manner.
Brett Joshpe is co-author of the book Why You're Wrong About the Right: Behind the Myths: The Surprising Truth About Conservatives.
Glaxo should demonstrate its willingness to learn the truth about its blockbuster drug, whatever the data demonstrate that truth to be.
' Now I'm in a fix, because I lied about the buckshelves, sure, but I'm telling the truth about the chair.
"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan know a detailed debate about their Medicare voucher plan is politically 'suicidal' so they're not telling the truth about its impact on current seniors, " he said.
Only after information about the incident was declassified, he added, could the truth emerge about his father, who died in a helicopter crash in 1977.
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The sad truth about college planning is that it is too complex, multifaceted and misunderstood.
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Dr. LaFair advises telling the truth about problems and frustrations, but in a measured, calm way.
Such messianism cannot obscure the central truth about Google Book Search: it is a business.
The truth about healing is that you don't need to heal to be whole.
How you treat your customers, employees, and vendors tells the truth about your brand.
Now it was down to me to try to find out the truth about Darfur.
The full truth about the bombing may have died with al Megrahi, who never provided details.
How, she asks, could they tell the truth about crimes in which they were themselves implicated?
The job of an interest rate is to tell us the truth about ourselves.
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And you had to be telling the truth about who you are, and what's happening.
The harsh truth about early elective deliveries is that our payment system encourages them.
Unlike his predecessors, he is at least telling Romanians the truth about the economy.
As scrutiny of private equity increases, the truth about these investments will gradually emerge.
There's an ugly truth about the inevitability of moral compromise, embodied by the shifty Renault.
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