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Authors use 'almost' to avoid stating an outright fact, as though there were something inauthentic, dishonest, unfinished, undecided or even unwholesome - some might say repulsive, tacky, snub-nosed, too direct - in qualifying anything as definitely a this or a that.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Almost Anything Authors Avoid Definitely Direct Dishonest Even Fact Might Outright Qualifying Repulsive Say Some Something Stating Tacky Though Too Undecided Unfinished Use Were

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Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.

~Aravind Adiga

Topics: Audience Clean Cliche Collect Corrupt Dad Dishonest First First Thing Grin Hear Honest India Indians Mock Money People Politician Politicians Regard Relentlessly Seeking Silent Sons Supposedly Suspicion Tend The First Thing Thing Who

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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

~Barry Goldwater

Topics: American American People Colleagues Congress Dishonest Ever Family Friends He His Individual Lied Life Lifetime Members Met Most My Life Nixon Own Party People Political Political Party Wife World

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I just want to unify people. A crowd full of people singing one song... that doesn't derive from anything dishonest... It's someone's truth.

~Bibi Bourelly

Topics: Anything Crowd Derive Dishonest Full Just People Singing Someone Song Truth Unify Want

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Short of the dishonest, the illegal, and the cruel, there's only one thing my son could do that would really disappoint me: not liking reading.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Could Cruel Disappoint Dishonest Illegal Liking Me One Thing Only Only One Thing Reading Really Short Son Thing Would

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I try to live my life as honestly as I can, and the last thing I want is to pretend to be something I'm not. To pretend to myself I am a sex symbol would somehow be dishonest. I'd feel, in my heart, that I were behaving artificially and that's the last thing I want to do.

~Cherie Lunghi

Topics: Am Artificially Behaving Dishonest Feel Heart Honestly Last Life Live My Life Myself Pretend Sex Sex Symbol Somehow Something Symbol Thing Try Want Were Would I Am I Can

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Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

~Chilon

Topics: Brings Dishonest Gain Loss Moment Other Pain Prefer Time

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Some people ask, 'Why the word 'feminist'? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?' Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general - but to choose to use the vague expression 'human rights' is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender.

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: Ask Because Believer Choose Course Deny Dishonest Expression Feminism Feminist Gender General Human Human Rights Just Like Part Particular People Problem Rights Say Some Some People Something Specific Use Vague Why Why Not Word Would You

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Folks who blithely disregard the benefits of football likely haven't played or are being intellectually dishonest. The game, perhaps more than any other, requires absolute dedication and teamwork. Yes, I ultimately quit, and if I ever have a son, he won't play, but I'll always cherish the lessons I learned from football.

~Chris Borland

Topics: Absolute Always Any Being Benefits Cherish Dedication Dishonest Disregard Ever Folks Football Game He Intellectually Learned Lessons Likely More Other Perhaps Play Played Quit Requires Son Teamwork Than Ultimately Who Yes

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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

~Clarence Darrow

Topics: Business Dishonest Does Everything Interfere Law Pretend Punish Seriously Would

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