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When we dont have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves.
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"When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white"

- Patricia Sun

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This quote by Patricia Sun speaks to the propensity of human beings to oversimplify complicated scenarios. When we don't have all the realities, we often resort to a binary view of the world, painting whatever as either black or white. Nevertheless, this is an oversimplification of reality. Absolutely nothing is ever truly black or white, and by attempting to require a situation into among these two categories, we are lying to ourselves. We need to aim to take a look at the world with subtlety and complexity, and acknowledge that there are often shades of grey in between the two extremes.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Patricia Sun somewhere between July 17, 1948 and today. She was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 10 other quotes.

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