Brutally Honest Quotes

• Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

  Lauryn Hill

  Relationship, Reality, Honest

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

  Richard J. Needham

  Honesty, People, Satisfaction

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• The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

  Richard J. Needham

  Inspiring, Honesty, Men

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• Integrity is unity of the personality; it implies being brutally honest with ourselves about our intentionality. Since intentionality is inextricably bound up with the daimonic, this is never an easy, nor always pleasant pursuit. But being willing to admit our daimonic tendencies - to know them consciously and to wisely oversee them - brings with it the invaluable blessing of freedom, vigor, inner strength, and self-acceptance.

  Stephen A. Diamond

  Integrity, Acceptance, Blessing

  Stephen A. Diamond (1996). “Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity”, p.233, SUNY Press

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• If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

  Noel Gallagher

  Mirrors, Honest, Intention

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• I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Feet, Mouths, Honest

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• Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

  Sigmund Freud

  Inspiring, Education, Teacher

  Sigmund Freud (1954). “The Origns of Psycho- Analysis”

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• Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.112

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• I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.

  Indra Nooyi

  Views, Looks, Honest

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• I think in a weird way that the entertainment industry is strangely more brutally honest than any other.

  Donal Logue

  Thinking, Way, Entertainment

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My most difficult thing so far, to be brutally honest, has been to waltz as if I knew what I was doing.

  Richard Roxburgh

  Honest, Difficult, Waltz

  "The Van Helsing Interviews: Richard Roxburgh". Interview with Staci Layne Wilson, www.horror.com. May 2003.

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• Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Honest

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• My favorite judge is Simon because he is brutally honest and he thinks I'm

  Jordin Sparks

  Thinking, Judging, Honest

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• Fame stole my yellow. Yellow is the color you get when you're real and brutally honest. Yellow is with my kids[...]The bundle of bright yellow warming my core, formerly frozen and uninhabitable[...]They got yellow from me, and I felt yellow giving it to them and it was all good[...]So, why am I leaving my show? It took my yellow. I wanted it back. Without it I can't live. The gray kills me.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Real, Kids, Color

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• Those who boast about being "brutally honest" are usually more brutal than honest.

  Lori Palatnik

  Fun, Honest, Brutal

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• There will be that zip-a-dee-doo-dah after the nominee is chosen. I guarantee there will be that enthusiasm. But to be brutally honest, with all due respect to governor Romney, who is obviously the frontrunner... hes not garnering a lot of that enthusiasm right now.

  Sarah Palin

  Enthusiasm, Zips, Guarantees

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• What happened to our friendship? I really think it's our obligation as friends to be brutally honest and be frank with them and say, 'Look, I'm sorry, but your baby is fking boring.'

  David Cross

  Baby, Sorry, Thinking

  The Best Fatherhood "Advice (from Comedians)" by Chris Giblin, www.esquire.com. August 28, 2013.

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• To be brutally honest, I am a little bit of a Clint Eastwood nerd. Clint Eastwood who was the man who drew me into movies. When everybody else was watching Star Wars, I was watching Fistful of Dollars.

  James Purefoy

  Stars, War, Men

  Source: screenrant.com

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• I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Mean, Hard Times, Honest

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

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• I don't lie. I would never stuff my bra because it's going to come off and the truth is going to be revealed. I don't like that padding. I try to be completely - if not brutally - honest.

  Diane Lane

  Lying, Trying, Stuff

  "Gorgeous At Any Age". Interview with Carole Radziwill, www.glamour.com. August 31, 2008.

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• The song "This Is Not Surreal," was inspired by a painter I love, Frida Kahlo. She really did suffer for her art. She speaks to me. She was brutally honest in her work. At that time in fine art, you really didn't see many female artists expressing that. She was such a strong female presence, and I really look up to her. She had a lot of physical pain.

  Lindi Ortega

  Song, Art, Strong

  Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

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• I read Warren Zevon's bizarre biography, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." His wife, Crystal Zevon, posthumously published a journal he wrote and some interviews with ex-band members. Like [Keith] Richards's book "Life," it's brutally honest.

  Dave Barry

  Book, Sleep, Wife

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• There are a lot of things that make players really good coaches. Whether you've played in the NBA or not, there are certain things you have to master and be really good at. They just have to be gifted in these areas. You've got to be competent. Secondly, you've got to be able to communicate. You can have a picture in your mind on how to score but if you can't communicate it, if you can't teach it, what good is it? You've got to be brutally honest and be a man of strong character and then you've got to have class. They've got to respect you.

  Avery Johnson

  Strong, Character, Player

  "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I feel like I learn every day how I can be a better producer or writer or storyteller. The thing that keeps me the most balanced is just going home every day and getting my ass kicked by my kids, and having a wife who is the most wonderfully/brutally honest person I've ever met. I think that that is always the first lens through which I see the world. For everything else, I'm just grateful for the people I work with.

  J. J. Abrams

  Grateful, Kids, Home

  Source: collider.com

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• Having the ability to be brutally honest with yourself is the greatest challenge you face when creating a business model. Too often we oversell ourselves on the quality of the idea, service, or product. We don't provide an honest assessment of how we fit in the market, why customers will buy from us, and at what price.

  Mark Cuban

  Assessment, Ideas, Creating

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