Kurt Cobain
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"Rather be dead than cool."
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Truthful
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Kurt Cobain
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"Zits are beauty marks."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship."
Kanye West
Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
"Every time I crash the Internet, it's like this little drop of truth. Every time I say something that's extremely truthful out loud, it literally breaks the Internet. So what are we getting all of the rest of the time?"
Virginia Woolf
Novelist
"Be truthful, and the result is bound to be amazingly interesting."
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"My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning."
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"I like to complain and do nothing to make things better."
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"A friend is nothing but a known enemy."
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"Be truthful, gentle, and fearless."
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"I am not cruel, only truthful."
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"Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and who compromise with principles, and with those who talk cleverly is harmful."
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"If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy."
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"Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself."
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"I don't see why someone should lose their life just so you can have a snack."
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"The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye."
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"I've never been more confused in my life, but at the same time I've never been more satisfied with what we've done."
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"The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful."
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"Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances."
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"I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird."
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"I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity."
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"I like being at that place where you can either fall or stand. That's where I think you really have a shot at doing something truthful."
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"You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation."
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"Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful."
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"The important thing, Jesus is saying (in Matthew 5:33-37), is to tell the truth and keep one's pledges without insisting that a certain form of words must be used if it is to be binding. No oath is necessary for the truthful person... Their word is so reliable that nothing more than a statement is needed from them."
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"I'm drunk but truthful."
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