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

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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Hillary Clinton

Former U.S. Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I know that I can be perceived as aloof or cold or unemotional. But I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that's a hard path to walk. Because you need to protect yourself, you ...

Humans of New York, Humans of New York, Time, 8 September 2016 source ↗

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Amitav Ghosh Writer

I think it is an approach that is very ill suited to this particular problem. This whole issue of presenting it as a moral issue to my mind that actually is a capitulation to a kind of neo-liberal ideology which tries to reduce all collective action to cases of individual choices.

Recorded Nitin Sethi, Business Standard, 20 July 2016 source ↗

Arnold Palmer Professional golfer; winner of seven major championships

There is no king of golf. Never has been, never will be. Golf is the most democratic game on Earth. It punishes and exalts us all with splendid equal opportunity.

Recorded N/A, N/A, Golf Monthly, 28 July 2023 source ↗

Barry Scheck Defence lawyer; co-founder of the Innocence Project

Mistaken identification is the single greatest cause of the conviction of the innocent.

Recorded Frontline, PBS, 30 October 2001 source ↗

Bob Dylan Songwriter and musician; Nobel laureate in Literature, 2016

I don't know any songwriter like that. I'm unaware of the current debate about separating the art from the artist. It's news to me. Maybe it's an academic thing.

Recorded Jeff Slate, The Official Bob Dylan Site, 19 December 2022 source ↗