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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

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• We wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Christian, Brother, Hero

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1972). “What on Earth Is an Atheist!”, Arno Press

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• But the others, those who tried to bring Jesus to life at the call of love, found it a cruel task to be honest. The critical study of the life of Jesus has been for theology a school of honesty. The world had never seen before, and will never see again, a struggle for truth so full of pain and renunciation as that of which the Lives of Jesus of the last hundred years contain the cryptic record.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Jesus, Honesty, Pain

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• I studied with a number of different teachers. But really, I've never studied with teachers. To be honest, the only thing that's ever interested me in life is eternity. Nothing else makes any sense to me.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Numbers, Different

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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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• 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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• 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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• Well, I haven't been an impulsive guy lately because I'm not in control of my own life. I'm living other peoples' requirements at the moment. It's the part of the job that is the most difficult for actors. I'm finding it very soul-jailing, you know? You don't have time to play guitar or speak to your friends and family. It's very demanding. I don't know how people do it, to be honest, without an alcohol.

  Brenton Thwaites

  People, Guy, Alcohol

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• I don't think it's illegal. I don't think it's against the rules. It's as dangerous for me to have a toothpick in your mouth as it is to have a 200-pound man punch me in the face hard or try to kick me in the face. I'm more worried about that, to be honest. I don't have any superstitions. I won world titles with a toothpick. I defended it without a toothpick. It all depends. Sometimes I do it, sometimes I don't. It's a bad habit. I know I shouldn't do it, but it's fine.

  Benson Henderson

  Men, Thinking, Trying

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• Of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. That's your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness.

  Christopher Paolini

  Love, Powerful, Heart

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.89, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• That's also part of having great editors -- they can sort of be honest with you and say, "I see where you're headed with this, but I don't think it's there yet. Dig deeper, babe, and come back with something more." And that's what you do, you dig waaaaaaaay down and you walk around the block eight million times and then you have it -- shazam! And it all comes together in something soooo much better than you thought you were capable of.

  Victoria Laurie

  Block, Writing, Thinking

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• We need to commit to serve the Lord and our communities with the same diligence and faith that the pioneers had. We must ever be on our guard that we do not become casual in keeping God's commandments, in abiding by His laws, and in being honest and trustworthy in all that we do.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Law, Community, Abiding

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• I'll be honest with you. It's beginning to look like I'm not going to get 'The Tonight Show.'

  David Letterman

  Looks, Tonight, Honest

  "Letterman Signs Off, With A Heartfelt Guest-Filled Finale". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 21, 2015.

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• Love is the bridge that leads from the I sense to the We, and there is a paradox about personal love. Love of another individual opens a new relation between the personality and the world. The lover responds in a new way to nature and may even write poetry. Love is affirmation; it motivates the yes responses and the sense of wider communication. Love casts out fear, and in the security of this togetherness we find contentment, courage. We no longer fear the age-old haunting questions: "Who am I?" "Why am I?" "Where am I going?" - and having cast out fear, we can be honest and charitable.

  Carson McCullers

  Communication, Writing, Love Is

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• I am always baffled by age, but to be honest with you, I feel like I am about 34. I feel better now and I am certainly healthier than I was in my early 30s. I am more rounded too.

  Julia Sawalha

  Feel Better, Age, Baffled

  "'Being a mum has never bothered me too much but I love being an auntie': Julia Sawalha on kids, family and Ab Fab". Interview with Christine Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. July 18, 2012.

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• Let's be honest. We're not Manchester United or Arsenal, are we?

  Paolo Di Canio

  Soccer, Football, Player

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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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• I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.

  Simon Baker

  Want, Scripts, Firsts

  "Simon Baker and Bruno Heller Talk The Mentalist, Closing the Red John Chapter, Arriving at His Identity, and What the Resolution of This Case Means". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 24, 2016.

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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

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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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