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“I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.”

Thinking Suffering Perfect Cities Talking Seeing Happened Honest Nostalgia Being Honest Beloved Flaws Baltimore

Author:Laura Lippman

“To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.”

Men Mind Suffering Fighting Honest Masters Honest Man Always Fighting

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“GraceQuest is a gripping story of one man's (and his family's) struggle with tremendous weakness and pain, but it is also a narrative theodicy--defense of God's goodness in spite of the undeniable reality of evil. . . . This is an honest and hard-hitting book about God's grace in and through tremendous loss of health and strength. Readers will find hope and help here if they are open to its message about the God-given 'strength to suffer well.'”

“I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.”

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Author:Yip Harburg

“When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its place of honor, no matter who suffers by it; any other course would render him unworthy of the public confidence.”

Writing Matter Suffering Courses Simple Honest Duty Honor Unworthy Imposition

Book:A Tramp Abroad

Source: A Tramp Abroad

“We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.”

Suffering Half Risk Honest Consequence Assuming Luxury Being Honest Germany Afghanistan Pakistan Skates Half Measures Suffering The Consequences

Author:Susan Rice

“There is a great deal we never think of calling religion that is still fruit unto God, and garnered by Him in the harvest. The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, patience, goodness. I affirm that if these fruits are found in any form, whether you show your patience as a woman nursing a fretful child, or as a man attending to the vexing detail of a business, or as a physician following the dark mazes of sickness, or as a mechanic fitting the joints and valves of a locomotive; being honest true besides, you bring forth truth unto God.”

“The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.”

Men Pain Suffering Enjoy Pleasure Honest Poor Richard Honest Man Knaves

Book:Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack

“Students are suffering under incredibly high tuitions and high student loan interest rates. They graduate from school, and they're having a very difficult time finding a job. They don't feel as though there are honest leaders who are listening to them, and who will be a part of the solution.”

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Author:Tulsi Gabbard

“Tommy [ Lee Jones] doesn't suffer fools easily. I think everybody knows that, but I have great respect for someone that's very direct and very honest. I don't have thin skin so I'm okay with that.”

Thinking Knows Suffering Honest Fool Direct Okay Skins Great Respect

Author:Charlize Theron