The question

What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

Originally asked

Peter Thiel, to job candidates, Zero to One, chapter 1, 2014

Peter Thiel, Zero to One, chapter 1, where it is introduced as his job-interview question. Thiel supplies his own standard: a good answer takes the form "most people believe x, but the truth is the opposite of x."

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Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak environmental lawyer and later President of Slovakia; 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Ak niekto prejavuje lásku ku krajine, no zároveň šíri nenávisť voči iným ľuďom či skupinám, vnímam to ako falošné vlastenectvo.

N/A, Interview, Dekk Institute, 16 April 2026 source ↗

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Adam Zagajewski Poet and essayist
Why ardor? Because, I think, there’s not enough of it in our time. Or, at least in our literature. There’s too much lukewarm irony, too much sophisticated indulgence. The tragic dimension disappears in this intellectual environment. That’s why ardor is to be defended.
Recorded Anna Maria Hong, Poets & Writers, 13 August 2004 source ↗
Alexa Chung English television presenter
I don't want to look sexy in photographs. I think it's an easy option. I'm so sick of girls pushing their boobs up in Myspace photographs. I hate the way women want to be "hot" all the time.
Recorded Eva Wiseman, Women, The Guardian, 6 July 2008 source ↗
Ursula K. Le Guin Novelist, poet and essayist
Sometimes it just seems like the more women tell the truth, the less men want to hear it.
Recorded Zoë Carpenter, The Nation, 5 October 2016 source ↗
Alice Sheppard Dancer, Choreographer
I understand my definition does not meet most people’s definition of disability.
Recorded Emmaly Wiederholt, Stance on Dance, 16 February 2017 source ↗

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The power of this victory rests on the fact that it’s about public participation; a critical step in getting the landfills shut down. It was a personal mission as both landfills are very close to houses, and the area has high cancer rates – this is what motivated us to start the campaign.
Recorded Published Q&A on the Goldman Prize blog, Goldman Environmental Prize, 9 November 2016 source ↗

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