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Jessamyn West

"I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt."

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"I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt."

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"Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters."

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"I'd had a really bad day and you hurt me.His hand at my jaw tensed and he kept whispering when he said, 'I'll probably do it again, Red,because I'm a man and any man can be a dick. But I won't do it like that, not again. I know you got softunder that attitude and I'll have a mind to that."

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"I can't tell you why I was in love with her. People didn't require that much as they do now. Folks were expected to be civilized to one another, honest, and - and clear. You relied on people being what they said they were, because there was no other way to survive."

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"It is never just disagreement but always intellectual dishonesty that is the apologist's worst enemy. And its apprentice is ignorance."

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"Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted."

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"Don't change your mind just because people are offended, change your mind if you're wrong."

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"Semantics, Admiral. I'd appreciate an honest answer."I'd appreciate a multitude of honest answers, but I rarely expect to receive them. Miriam sighed; the verbal tete-a-tete was growing tiresome. Time to bring an end to it with, ironically, honesty."

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"The truth is considered hatred by those who hate the truth."

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"TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty."

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