Being Honest Quotes - Page 34

• Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better.

  Billy Sheehan

  Heart, People, Soul

  USA Today online chat, www.billysheehan.com. August 21, 2001.

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• The best advice I can give to any young man or young woman upon graduation from school can be summed up in exactly eight words, and they are-be honest with yourself and tell the truth.

  James Farley

  School, Men, Eight

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• Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don't think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted. And for the people to say the science is decided on, this is just really arrogant, to be honest with you, it's this intellectual arrogance that now you can't even have a conversation about it. The climate is changing, and we need to adapt to that reality.

  Barack Obama

  Science, Reality, Men

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• I don't think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted, for the people to say the science is decided on this is really arrogant, to be honest with you.

  Jeb Bush

  Science, Men, Thinking

  "Jeb Bush rails against 'intellectual arrogance' in climate change debate" by Ashley Killough, edition.cnn.com. May 21, 2015.

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• We all want to be honest and draw lessons from the past, the WHO is the only international organization that has universal political legitimacy on global health issues. This is why it's so important to render its structures more efficient.

  Angela Merkel

  Health, Past, Organization

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• Before games, people ask whether I get nervous. To be honest, I don't get nervous, I just enjoy it. I am living the dream. When I was a kid I always wanted to play for my country and now I am here, I will enjoy it.

  Jermain Defoe

  Dream, Country, Kids

  "'There's more to life than football': Jermain Defoe bares his soul on matters of life, death and the beautiful game" by Martin Lipton, www.mirror.co.uk. September 4, 2012.

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• I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at soccer, to be honest. But I think it was more the friendship, and my family was more of a hockey family than a soccer family, so when I had to make a decision, I tried hockey, and it turned out to be a good decision.

  Carl Hagelin

  Soccer, Team, Hockey

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• To be honest, and I may regret saying this, the idea of playing the same character for a very long time is very daunting to me.

  Lucy Punch

  Regret, Character, Ideas

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• Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Grace, Want, Honest

  Twitter post from Jan 17, 2015

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• I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and, to be honest with you I wanted to see a blue duck.

  Adam Sandler

  Funny, Blue, Ducks

  "Fictional character: Billy Madison". "Billy Madison", 1995.

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• This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, Tired, League

  "Premier League predictions: Will Chelsea or Man City come out on top in the battle of the title contenders?" by Simon Bird, www.mirror.co.uk. October 25, 2013.

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• That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Hamlet And Ophelia, Fairness

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.330

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• I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.

  William J. Clinton

  Hurt, Stupid, Humorous

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• To be honest, I am not happy about all the publicity.

  Jean Alesi

  Publicity, Honest, Not Happy

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• Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot.

  Barbara Kruger

  Art, Thinking, Honest

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• To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

  Samantha Morton

  Lazy, Directors, Honest

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• To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.

  Radha Mitchell

  Honest, Speak, Easier

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• The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.

  Michael Strahan

  Sports, Mean, Winning

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• One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public funds, and I urged you and pleaded with you that, so far as the Church and its membership were concerned, we do not soil our hands with the bounteous outpouring of funds which the government was giving unto us. I renew that plea now. My brethren and sisters, for the sake of the government which we love, for the sake of the government which we believe was divinely inspired, be honest with it. Be honest, just ordinarily gold honest. That is all I ask.

  J. Reuben Clark

  Believe, Hands, Years

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• It was very easy to kind of, kinda shut off and just, just kinda go crazy and just kinda dive into this or that. You never really take a minute to look around, you know take stock and see where you're at and make sure you're doing things for the right reasons and make sure that you remember to call that person who's really important to you and you know, tell them what's on your mind, and be honest with yourself.

  Andrew McMahon

  Crazy, Mind, Important

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• A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Running, Knowing

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• To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

  George Eads

  Crazy, Interesting, Actors

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• I am hard on myself. But isn't it better to be honest about these things before someone else can use them against you? Before someone else can break your heart? Isn't it better to break it yourself?

  Stephanie Perkins

  Life, Heart, Use

  Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Isla and the Happily Ever After”, p.192, Penguin

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• Learn to trust and be trustworthy. When you treat someone as if they are being dishonest, you will train them to be. It's more powerful to treat someone as if they are being honest, and you will train them to now be honest, even if they weren't then.

  Marshall Sylver

  Powerful, Honest, Trustworthy

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• What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Wise, Exercise, Brave

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2005). “The Snobs of England: And, Punch's Prize Novelists”, p.8, University of Michigan Press

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