"I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest."
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"I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me."
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"All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work."
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"You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public."
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"A nation's hope of lasting peace cannot be firmly based upon any race in armaments but rather upon just relations and honest understanding with all other nations."
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"The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest."
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"To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do."
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"Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same."
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"Try honest to see things from the other person's point of view."
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"Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart."
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"That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man."
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"Begin with praise and honest appreciation."
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"Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough."
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"If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy."
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"The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His."
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"I want to be braver and more honest about my life. When you're sexually abused, there's a lot of damage."
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"In an honest man there is always something of a child."
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"Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding."
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"A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive."
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"To be honest, one must be inconsistent."
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