Being Honest Quotes - Page 9

• I like to be open with journalists and I like to be honest. I hate being disingenuous because that's really uncomfortable for me; I don't excel at doing that.

  Megan Fox

  Hate, Honest, Uncomfortable

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• I think it's really important to be able to be honest with yourself and to know philosophically speaking what you've done wrong and when you've made a mistake, and acknowledge that, because you only learn from it.

  Billy Cobham

  Mistake, Thinking, Important

  "Billy Cobham Interview: ‘Before Jeff Beck there was Billy Cobham’". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockmusicwriter.com. July 11, 2013.

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• I think in general I personally have a tendency to protect other people's feelings, and I've noticed that becomes a major hindrance to communication. It's better to just be honest, even if it's painful.

  Joe Swanberg

  Communication, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Definitely trust yourself. Work hard. Be honest with yourself. And life can be joyful. It is joyful. Just give it your all and it's all going to work out.

  Katie Holmes

  Hard Work, Giving, Work Out

  "Exclusive! Katie Holmes Talks!". Interview with Sheila Weller, www.glamour.com. March 1, 2009.

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• First and foremost, you do not have to live up to or emulate the lives of any of your predecessors. But at the very least, you should know about them. You will have your own life, interests, and ideas of what you want or do not want in life. Do what you enjoy doing. Be honest with yourself and others. Don't think of satisfying anyone: your elders, peers, government, religion, or children who will come after you. Develop meaningful ideals, and become conscious of others, their existence, and their lives.

  Yuri Kochiyama

  Meaningful, Children, Thinking

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• Cut the crap. Just don't try to be anything that you aren't, have ambition but when it comes to lyrics especially just be honest and write from the heart almost to an awkward degree, at least that's what works for me.

  Max Bemis

  Writing, Heart, Ambition

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• I tend to think of fear and humour as very, very close together. And to be honest I think pornography completes the triangle, because they are things that to work need to evoke a certain reaction.

  Neil Gaiman

  Thinking, Together, Needs

  "Master Shaper". Interview with David Carroll, www.tabula-rasa.info. 1997.

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• To be honest, I was unaware of the huge frat-rap scene that was taking over the blogosphere until I found myself right in the middle of it. But there are really a ton of talented dudes out there doing this, and I'm just having a great time making music and being a part of it all.

  Mike Stud

  Rap, Honest, Scene

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• The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it's best to stay focused and be honest with yourself.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Ego, Honest, Problem

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• Be honest about what you can get. To make a sacrifice and to get what you want you need to be very certain. In other words: always think about your objective, have a clear goal and commit to it from the heart.

  Sophia Loren

  Heart, Sacrifice, Thinking

  Interview with Alain Elkann, alainelkanninterviews.com. June 9, 2014.

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• I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Thinking, Talking, Ideas

  "Charlie Kaufman on "Synecdoche", New York". Interview with Tim Ryan, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. October 22, 2008.

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• Let's be honest, this is a consumer based economy in America. That's all we manufacture here is need and appetite. We are the world's mouth. They make things in other countries, and they're like, 'Send it to America; they'll eat it.'

  Marc Maron

  Funny, Country, Humor

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• I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But to be honest, I'd write even if I weren't being paid to.

  Christopher Paul Curtis

  Writing, Honest, Found

  Source: www.bookbrowse.com

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• To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying to create a gut-wrenching, intimate, memorable experience.

  Jillian Medoff

  Philosophy, Memorable, Political

  Source: bookmagnet.wordpress.com

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• I can pretty much spend an entire week talking about how the writing process works, to be honest! It can really vary from project to project and is often dependent on when you're brought on board, the genre, the platform and the narrative desires of the project.

  Rhianna Pratchett

  Writing, Talking, Desire

  Source: www.thatvideogameblog.com

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• It's important to be honest enough about your work, and the areas in which you can improve. I'm still learning every day and I'm still Hungry to create more and better work, hence the name.

  Rankin

  Names, Important, Honest

  Source: ashadedviewonfashion.com

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• I think it's better to have limits. My limits are different from other people's limits. I'm all for freedom, I'm all for people doing what they want. I'm also all for people shouldering the consequences of their behaviors, and not being assholes, and not lying unless they need to, and being honest except when you shouldn't, and being faithful except when it's okay to cheat. I guess I'm just a mass of contradictions.

  Dan Savage

  Lying, Thinking, People

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 8, 2006.

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• They have decided to tour under the name of Ten Years After which I don't think is very cool. To be honest, they have had to do that as it's the only way they can get any work.

  Alvin Lee

  Journey, Thinking, Years

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• I do sillier things sober, to be honest. I'm quite a silly person. Freya pulled my skirt up in a shop other day, I could've killed her - not literally, of course. But that was her not me.

  Donna Air

  Silly, Skirts, Honest

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• In the midst of all this turmoil and destruction, the Latter-day Saints should dwell in peace and safety. This they may do if they will be honest with themselves, with their fellowmen, and with their God.

  Joseph Fielding Smith

  Honesty, Safety, Saint

  Joseph Fielding Smith (1973). “Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings”

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• We should profile Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim, and we should be honest about it.

  Sam Harris

  Looks, Honest, Profile

  "In Defense of Profiling" by Sam Harris, samharris.org. April 28, 2012.

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• What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. Its just remarkable.

  Lee Grant

  Father, Son, Directors

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• Be simple. Be honest. Don't overcook and don't undercook, but it's better to undercook than overcook.

  James Beard

  Simple, Honest

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• I actually think it's easier to be positive than negative, to be honest - it takes way more energy to stay mad at someone, for instance, than it does to say "i forgive you" and move on.

  Dave Smalley

  Moving, Thinking, Mad At Someone

  Source: www.pmakid.com

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• There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet?

  Charles Stross

  War, Believe, Writing

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