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• We love a world in which the people in the white hats get rewarded and the people in the black hats pay the price. And that I have to say doesn't happen very often, particularly in a very complex economy. We're in a time of panic where people have lost trust in what the banks are doing, what the investment firms are doing - lost trust beyond a level of reasonableness, to be honest. And, it's got to be stopped.

  Rebecca M. Blank

  White, Pay The Price, People

  "Religion&Ethics NewsWeekly" with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2008.

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• To be honest, I don't necessarily think you have to be an actor to act. You don't have to be a musician to make great music. If it comes along and you put your all into it, the outcome is what's important.

  Andre Benjamin

  Thinking, Important, Musician

  Source: collider.com

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• The best thing that I can offer to people is just to be honest, and that's a rare quality. In doing so, I think there's always a top down feeling that permeates a working environment. If the boss is cool and he's a certain way that's not bullshitting, then everyone around is going to feel that comfort and try to be that way, as well. That's just who I strive to be, as a person.

  Joe Hahn

  Thinking, Top Down, People

  "Director Joe Hahn Talks MALL, Why He Chose This Material as His First Feature, the Casting Process, His Music Video Background, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 16, 2014.

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• I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.

  Luc Besson

  Thinking, Honest, Film

  "Director Luc Besson Talks LUCY, a Possible Sequel, His Approach to Female Characters, and More; Says TAKEN 3 Has Nothing to Do with Liam Neeson’s Family". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 23, 2014.

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• You have to be ruthless with yourself, in terms of being honest about what is working and what is not.

  Patton Oswalt

  Honest, Ruthless, Term

  "Patton Oswalt Talks TRAGEDY PLUS COMEDY EQUALS TIME, Doing Another Stand-Up Special, Preparing to Shoot Live Performances & Upcoming TV Guest Spots". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 16, 2014.

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• I'd like to be honest to my time, and I lived from 1946, and I want to understand why our country, which I love so much, and was a great country when I was young, it seemed, became this monster vampire on the face of humanity- a vampire squid, to quote Matt Taibbi, sucking out the juices of all mankind. Why? It's a basic question.

  Oliver Stone

  Country, Squids, Humanity

  Source: collider.com

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• I really like those days when I can just wear sweatpants, to be honest. And when I'm actually going to go somewhere, I like to be comfortable and casual. If I'm doing something a little more fashion, going a little bit further. It's about expressing yourself and being comfortable and wearing what you like.

  Leighton Meester

  Fashion, Littles, Honest

  "Leighton Meester on Going Country, What She Learned From Gwyneth, and Her Surprising Love of Sweatpants". Interview with Lindsay Miller, www.popsugar.com. January 5, 2011.

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• It is not possible to be honest in the here and now when you continue to discount and minimize your childhood experiences.

  Claudia Black

  Childhood, Honest, Authenticity

  Claudia Black (2009). “Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear”, p.47, Hazelden Publishing

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• Soccer has given me a place to express myself, fully and openly. To not be shy. To feel. To be crazy. To try things I might not try. To be honest in relationships. To make mistakes and realize that they're not life-shattering.

  Brandi Chastain

  Soccer, Mistake, Crazy

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• Its important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.

  Devin Nunes

  The End Of The Day, Important, Honest

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• Successful leaders develop effective strategies for maintaining their boundaries. ... Most time bandits don't know any better. And being a time bandit is a matter of context. One person's time bandit is another person's pleasant diversion. ... Instead of gritting our teeth to be polite and resenting the time bandit for holding us up, the best choice is to be honest. We cannot expect another person to honor our needs unless we affirm them ourselves.

  Diane Dreher

  Leadership, Time, Successful

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• There is no man but for his own interest hath an obligation to be honest. There may be sometimes temptations to be otherwise; but, all cards cast up, he shall find it the greatest ease, the highest profit, the best pleasure, the most safety, and the noblest fame, to hold the horns of this altar, which, in all assays, can in himself protect him.

  Owen Feltham

  Honesty, Men, Safety

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• Recently it was pointed out to me - in a kind of hurtful way, to be honest - that people in Los Angeles are aurally challenged. That is, at social events, we simply do not listen to others. We do not ask them questions about themselves, we do not nod attentively when they speak; really, if we were to examine ourselves, we would realize that we simply have no interest in others at all.

  Sandra Tsing Loh

  People, Hurtful, Way

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• Ireland is a wonderful place to write in. Even although the atmosphere was so Faith-laden that I was often worried that I was not writing a book to the glory of God, I had to admit that words flowed from my pen like all-get-out. To be honest, there is nothing to do in Ireland but write.

  Nancy Spain

  Book, Writing, Atmosphere

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• Our joys will be doubled and our sorrows will be reduced and we will walk our life in community with the body of Christ. When you are with someone else, you are not nearly as willing to give up. So find a friend, be honest and walk together.

  Jennifer Rothschild

  Giving Up, Community, Joy

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• It is not easy to be honest because it is impossible to be complete.

  Ariana Reines

  Impossible, Honest, Easy

  Ariana Reines (2006). “The Cow”

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• I think to be honest, that being is inside. I meet that being in so many people that I meet everywhere in the world and when I do meet that being, in other people, what I want to ask is "How do we keep opening ourselves so that we can become as vulnerable and as willing to live in the deepest complexity and ambiguity and truth that we can?

  Eve Ensler

  Thinking, People, World

  Interview with Carolyn Roark, www.ecumenicajournal.org. February 16, 2016.

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• I read individual stories a lot in magazines and other places, too, but I really think there's something to be said for reading story collections as collections. That's not true of all story collections, to be honest, but for good ones I think it often is true.

  Brian Evenson

  Reading, Thinking, Often Is

  "5x5: Brian Evenson". jameson-zimmer.squarespace.com. January 15, 2015.

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• I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But I don't get it that much to be honest. I guess its better than being labeled a "racist" comedian.

  Aziz Ansari

  Nerd, Comedian, Stuff

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• I can't write. I would love to. I don't really have an interest in it, to be honest. I'll leave that to my fiance.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Writing, Honest, Interest

  "Jennifer Aniston says she won't let tabloids steal her joy". Q&A, www.cbsnews.com. March 24, 2014.

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• Just do this one thing: promise yourself you'll never deal underhanded to anybody. You'll be honest in all of your business dealings. That is hard. Conquer that one. Demand it of yourself. Demand a higher standard for yourself and your children and do it.

  Glenn Beck

  Children, Promise, Demand

  "'Glenn Beck': Founders' Friday: George Whitefield". "Glenn Beck" with Glenn Beck, www.foxnews.com. May 14, 2010.

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• This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.

  Pete Seeger

  Hypocrisy, World, Way

  Source: peoplesworld.org

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• Tis well to be merry and wise,
  'Tis well to be honest and true;
  It is best to be off with the old love,
  Before you are on with the new.

  Charles Robert Maturin

  Love, Wise, Honest

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• As a kid, I liked the 'Halloween' movies and 'Nightmare On Elm Street' and all that kind of stuff. But as an adult, I really don't watch much horror, to be honest.

  Corey Feldman

  Halloween, Kids, Stuff

  "Corey Feldman on child actors, his favorite roles, and the Goonies sequel". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. December 10, 2012.

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• Being honest, if I had a daughter I wouldn't want her listening to a Nicki Minaj CD until she was a certain age. Even when I meet my fans and they tell me they are 12, I cringe a little. I always say, 'Listen. I don't want you saying the bad words, put school first.'

  Nicki Minaj

  Daughter, School, Cds

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