Being Straightforward Quotes

• If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

  Xunzi

  Gentleman, Way, Ability

  Xunzi, John Knoblock (1988). “Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works”, p.174, Stanford University Press

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• Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Truth, Honesty, Integrity

  "Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think".

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• I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Running, Atheist, Believe

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• It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

  Edward Tufte

  Support, Kind, Ethical

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• I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.

  Cynthia Ozick

  Animal, Careers, Use

  Cynthia Ozick (1996). “Portrait of the Artist as a Bad Character: And Other Essays on Writing”

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• The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn't want to give a long dissertation.

  Bobby Seale

  Writing, Destiny, Long

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• My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

  Kid Rock

  Rap, Rocks, Southern

  FaceBook post by Kid Rock from Aug 05, 2013

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• I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward.

  Geraldo Rivera

  Men, Connections, Passionate

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• In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I do this is not very straightforward.

  Alice Munro

  Way, Sometimes, Straightforward

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• I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

  Rachel McAdams

  Kids, Thinking, Fairytale

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• Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Reality, Men, Hands

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• We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Eye, Men, Presence Of Mind

  Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.184, Transaction Publishers

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• Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.

  Juice Newton

  Song, Simple, Personality

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• The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate - is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts.

  Oliver Lodge

  Personality, Facts, Able

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• It's like night and day... to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward.

  Caprice Bourret

  Night, Europe, Bulls

  "Caprice Bourret...the sexiest fish in the pond". www.askmen.com.

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• I was really glad to meet Jane Clark because it did give me an insight. I couldn't imagine what kind of woman she was. I was hugely impressed by her energy, straightforward nature and enthusiasm for life.

  Jenny Agutter

  Enthusiasm For Life, Giving, Energy

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• Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.

  Zayn Malik

  Girl, Mean, Black And White

  "One Direction Exclusive Interview". www.seventeen.com. October 10, 2012.

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• From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

  Luke Bryan

  Perseverance, Dad, Hard Work

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• Men are gentle, honest and straightforward. Women are convoluted, deceptive and dangerous.

  Erin Pizzey

  Men, Honest, Dangerous

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• I find it extraordinary that a straightforward if inelegant device for ensuring the survival of the species should involve human beings in such emotional turmoil. Does sex have to be taken so seriously?

  P. D. James

  Sex, Taken, Emotional

  P. D. James (2011). “Devices and Desires”, p.158, Vintage

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• Jimmy Stewart was a very sincere, honest and straightforward man.

  Robert Wagner

  Men, Honest, Sincere

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• Sometimes God writes straightforward in twisted lines.

  Gloria Trevi

  God, Writing, Lines

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• What is the conservative movement? It's pretty straightforward. We believe that the way prosperity is created is when people have the freedom and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Believe, Opportunity

  "Marco Rubio is Top Choice for VP Among GOP Voters in Poll" by Elizabeth Llorente, www.foxnews.com. February 20, 2012.

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• What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Artist, Thinking, Talking

  "Annie Leibovitz Puts Down Camera, Talks". Interview with Dave Weich, emerald.tufts.edu. November 23, 1999.

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• I actually think this whole Brexit thing in the U.K. was a welcome example of being straightforward. With the candidates pulling out quickly, there's no stringing the people along.

  Trevor Noah

  Thinking, People, Example

  Source: www.avclub.com

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