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“Our social structure has been based on the theory that “all men support all women,” a theory which has never been true, and which is farther from being true to-day than ever before.”
Mary Livermore (1820–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While it is undoubted true that the practice of tight lacing is regarded with growing disfavor, it is also true that the corsets in vogue, at present, are more objectionable than those worn even half a century ago.”
Mary Livermore (1820–1905) said by 1905 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s a true miracle to have a baby growing inside your womb. Then it goes to the point where you start to feel the baby moving …it’s so mysterious and a true blessing, but it’s also very, very difficult. I wouldn’t love to be pregnant all the time but I think it was a good experience.”
Miss Shanel (born 1985) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Miss Shanel's Dialogue. newtimes.co.rw (March 05, 2016)
“In science, just as in art and in life, only that which is true to culture is true to nature.”
Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you have a dream and you kind of bury it because you think it won’t come true, to see it finally come true is incredible.”
Ke Huy Quan (born 1971) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘It’s fate.’ 40 years later, Ke Huy Quan is a star, again" in Associated Press (9 December 2022)
“...as you grow and develop, you betray your readers and you betray your own self. At each step, you're a different person with the new work, and that old person, while still there like the foundation I mentioned, is pushed further into the background. You can't remain true to your past and true to your readers and keep growing. Hopefully they will grow along with you.”
Linda Hogan (writer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The scientific denial of immortality is based upon the admitted fact of the connection between mind and brain; whence it is assumed that the death of the brain must involve the death of that, whatever it be, which has been called the soul. This may indeed be true; but it is not necessarily or obviously true; it does not follow logically from the fact of the connection.”
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Diversity has become a term of art, a symbol, one so powerful that the symbol is now more important than the thing it was supposed to represent. Wokeness sacrifices true diversity, diversity of thought, so that skin-deep symbols of diversity like race and gender can thrive. Just like Christ in the story, true diversity of thought now represents a threat to the Church of Diversity.”
Vivek Ramaswamy (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing happened — and that's the way to tell a true story from a made-up one. A made-up story always has a neat and tidy end. But true stories don't end, at least until their heroes and heroines die, and not then really because the things they did and didn't do, sometimes live on.”
Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[W]e're past the point now where we say you have to go to sea to be an oceanographer, because it's not true, and it's actually very important that it isn't true.”
Helen Czerski (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People think that it's true and real that Maame Serwaa can be a witch because of the way I act but all I can say is that it is never true.”
Clara Amoateng Benson (born 2000) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don’t judge me - Kumawood star Maame Serwaa, Ghanaweb, 21 January 2017.
“I think that if we want true equality it's not about just allowing people to enter an industry. It's also about allowing people who have been able to get ahead in other industries and maybe want to grow into other industries to be able to do that and that's how we'll get equality and true levelling of the playing field"”
Khanyi Dlomo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stay true to yourself and focus on your craft. It’s so cliché, but it’s true. Don’t get caught up stressing about sponsorships.”
Lindsey Horan (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even as we juggle both worlds, we have to stay true to ourselves – remain the strong and able woman that you are – and always remember we will never turn into a man. Stay true to yourself and achieve what you need to achieve, and get your job done.”
Chileshe Kapwepwe (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It seems to me that poetry helps women claim spaces for themselves whenever the poet is true to her experience, true to her sensation and emotion. Our thinking does tend to be dominated—colonized, you might say—by the history of patriarchal thought and language, but it is still possible to think independently if you make up your mind to do it and be vigilant.”
Alicia Ostriker (born 1937) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe in love, but I don’t believe that everybody gets to experience true love. I just think not everybody is fortunate enough to experience true love.”
Jemima Osunde (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you raise somebody in a respectable way, money or no money, the person’s true character remains the person’s true character.”
Victoria Inyama (born 1967) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://dailypost.ng/2023/03/26/you-were-not-well-trained-by-your-mother-actress-victoria-inyama-replies-whitemoney/
“The true songwriter song is a synthesis of existence, said in an overall simple way. Because although some songs seem convoluted and difficult, two readings are always enough to understand them. Furthermore, the true songwriting does not want to propagate absolute truths, but paths, yes.”
Roberto Vecchioni (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“be true to yourself and stay true to who you were when you started.”
Mimi Onalaja (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you stay true to yourself, you will stay true to the audience.”
Mimi Fawaz first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mimi on staying true in 2015
“Where I create, there I am true.” “Where I create, there I am true.” It has been quite a while… It has been so long, in fact, that my fingers ..”
Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This was a dream come true, an absolute dream come true, to be a part of this world.”
Yetide Badaki (born 1981) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Yetide talk about film Trek in 2023
“[O]nce man is declared “the measure of all things,” there is no longer a true, or a good, or a just, but only opinions of equal validity whose clash can be settled only by political or military force; and each force in turn enthrones in its hour of triumph a true, a good, and a just which will endure just as long as itself.”
Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[W]hat is new in his theories is not true, and what is true in his theories is not new.”
Hans Eysenck (1916–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kind Katherine to her husband kiss'd these words, "Mine own sweet Will, how dearly do I love thee!" "If true," quoth Will, "the world no such affords." And that it's true I durst his warrant be: For ne'er heard I of woman, good or ill, But always lovèd best her own sweet will.”
Henry Parrot (1601–1626) said by 1626 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That is unbelievable, unless something was seriously wrong with regard to that member's performance and conduct, it cannot be true. It is true that during the 1990s promotions were slow in the NDF, but in the 2000s NDF appointments and promotions were”
Lempy Lucas (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I need to stop singing in code To start ringing true because true rings only”
Laura Stevenson (born 1984) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beets United,” (2013) as quoted by Laura Snapes of
“Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award — these are the true aims and duties of criticism.”
William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Providence spared me beyond my expectations. In regard to the dignities conferred on me personally, to which you so kindly allude, I can safely say that not one of these honors was ever sought by me. The progress of the Church referred to in the addresses is true, and so true that it is clearly the work of God and not of man.”
John McCloskey (1810–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be true to yourself. The dreams that you had as a child were real and pure. With sheer determination, those dreams can come true.”
Keneiloe Molopyane (born 1987) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bones - Keneiloe Molopyane,Copyright 2024, A Project of CodeMakers NPC
“I had a lot of red carpet treatment at Mediaset even though I was the last wheel on the bus. They even gave me better food in the canteen. The guys from Gialappa's tormented me: sing, talk, is it true or isn't it true?”
Simona Ventura (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is only through a true federal constitution that transformational leaders can emerge and a true Nigeria nation can emerge from over the 300 nations in the country.”
Afe Babalola (born 1929) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]he shame about all of this is not only is it not true. It's really, really, really not true! ...Math is basically the basis of the modern world. The modern world would simply not exist without mathematics.”
Christopher Budd (mathematician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Faced with death, one cannot help but cry... Crying is suffering in the face of true evil, and what is more true than death?”
Giovanni Reale (1931–2014) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Corriere della Sera, 26 January 2010
“It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.”
Marjorie Joyner (1896–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a true communist. He wants to leave NATO, he is inspired by Lenin, he promises to expropriate banks and property owners and nationalize everything! Dear Marco Rizzo, you will never get my vote, but better true communists than disguised ones.”
Guido Crosetto (born 1963) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: tweet of 14 May 2019
“Do what you enjoy doing and give it your best. Continuously raise the bar on your own performance. Be true to yourself. Then you can be true to others”
Vinita Bali (born 1955) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Making a world of difference,6 December 2007
“I can honestly say that rugby has given me everything I could have ever dreamed for, and for me to be playing for the Springbok Women tomorrow is almost surreal, but very true. Dreams really come true, and rugby made that happen for me.”
“I never feel that I have to be true to history: I have to be true to my story, so that it holds up. My novels use historical scenarios, but they are not at the service of history: they are neither memoirs nor testimonies. Like all novelists, I like reality, and I also like to betray reality by correcting its flaws and ultimately reinventing it.”
Carmen Boullosa (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When someone starts stomping on your toes for the first time, you think it's not true, and then you're surprised that a person can do such a thing to another person. But you don't really have time to think about it, because they are urinating on your face and you again think that it's not true, that this man straddled over you has the same heart, kidneys and the same shame.”
Marek Hłasko (1934–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How is it possible we should taste true joy for one moment, in this life, in which we are beset with miseries, and sin, — are continually in danger of being lost forever, and are exiles from Paradise, our true country?”
Jérôme de Gonnelieu (1640–1715) said by 1715 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How true it is, as Gregoria says, when she sets forth her fatalistic doctrines and explains, "What is going to come, starts walking and walking, and its steps are counted, and it arrives when you least expect it, even if you try to dodge." It's true. Gregoria is right! (Chapter 5)”
Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is true that the people who were to execute us were already kneeling before us, ready to fire. It is true that I called out to a God I didn't know, 'If you save me, I'll serve you'. Let me just say that he saved me from that firing squad, and I devoted my life to serving him.”
Buchi Atuonwu (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The religious instinct is found to have been deeply implanted in nearly or quite all the peoples of the world. This was true in the dawn and morning of history, and it is still true at the high noon of nationality, power, and greatness.”
John Clark Ridpath (1840–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am that kind of person who is true to herself. If you want to please the whole world, live a fake life. I am true to myself and live each day as if it’s my last on earth. I always want to make an impression in whatever I do.”
“What inspired I Do was love. True love to be specific. The song was made to remind people that love you read about in fairy tales or see from your grandparents which is True love, still exists.”
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Herbert Dhlomo (1903–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think that’s really important as an artist, to stay true to yourself, to stay true to your sound. And I know that sobrang challenging din 'yun, especially, in the music industry, there’s so much pressure to fit in and to fit a certain mold,”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Passion, Persistence, and a Promising Era: Clara Benin Reflects on a Decade-Long Career in Music, Lance Joseph Martinez 7 March 2026.
“Read ‘I was a hidden treasure and desired to be known;’ Hide not the hidden treasure but disclose it; Your true treasure is hidden under a false one, Just as butter is hidden within the substance of milk, The false one is this transitory body of yours, The true one your divine soul. Long time this milk is exposed to view And the soul’s butter is hidden and of no account.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Late repentance is seldom true, but true repentance is never too late.”
Ralph Venning (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source