The question

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

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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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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder and executive chairperson of Biocon
My big idea is to marry affordability and access to ensure that we leverage innovation to develop affordable, cutting-edge therapies for chronic diseases.
Recorded Leah Fessler, How We’ll Win, Quartz, 20 July 2022 source ↗
Yvon Chouinard Founder of Patagonia
Everything man does creates more harm than good. We have to accept that fact and not delude ourselves into thinking something is sustainable.
Recorded Jeff Beer, interview, Fast Company, 16 October 2019 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 ↗
Leon Panetta Attorney and politician; Director of the Office of Management and Budget, White House Chief of Staff, Director of the CIA and Secretary of Defense
But if our institutions of democracy are not working, that is an even greater threat to our national security
Recorded Cal Fussman, Esquire, 14 December 2012 source ↗

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The death of my beloved husband Bob [Bradford, an American movie producer] in 2019 was devastating because he hadn’t been ill. We were married for nearly 56 years and together for 58. He had a stroke in the night. His last words were, “I love you.” I’m so glad I told him, “I love you too, darling.” A week later he was gone.
Recorded The Guardian, The Guardian, 13 November 2021 source ↗

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