“I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family.” IfsKnowsWantDifferentSoundHonestDadMetsMy FamilyMy DadHorribleBeing HonestBotherMum Author:Sally Pearson
“I am very close to my family. I have learned a lot from my father. He used to tell me to be honest with yourself and not to argue with your seniors. You dont need to be involved in any quarrel, as sometimes you need to remain silent intelligently.” NeedsSometimesUsedFatherHonestInvolvedMy FamilySilentArguingBeing HonestI Have LearnedSeniorQuarrelsHonest With YourselfBe Honest With Yourself Author:Suresh Raina
“I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at soccer, to be honest. But I think it was more the friendship, and my family was more of a hockey family than a soccer family, so when I had to make a decision, I tried hockey, and it turned out to be a good decision.” ThinkingHas BeensMightDecisionTeamHonestMy FamilyBeing HonestSoccerHockeyMight Have BeenGood DecisionHockey TeamSoccer Team Author:Carl Hagelin
“In setting up a business under the name and meaning of the Golden Rule, I was publicly binding myself, in my business relations, to a principle which had been a real and intimate part of my family upbringing. Our idea was to make money and build business through serving the community with fair dealing and honest value.” IdeasRealValuesNamesCommunityPrinciplesHonestFairsMy FamilyRelationSettingGoldenSettingsMaking MoneyIntimateServingUpbringingBindingGolden RuleServing The Community Author:James Cash Penney
“I'm more honest in my lyrics than I am in anything else. It's where I feel the most safe to express myself. I write about growing up, my family, Maddie and getting pregnant. If I've lived it, why wouldn't I talk about it? I guess that's been the coolest thing - realizing that it's OK to just be myself and really tell my story.” IfsFeelsWritingStoriesRealizingGrowing UpGrowingHonestSafeMy FamilyPregnant Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“I depend on my family and friends a lot. I have a group of people I'm always honest and current with. I try to get through pain and not go around it, it always ends sooner that way.” PeopleWayTryingEndsPainGroupsHonestDependsMy FamilyCurrentsFamily And Friends Author:Christina Perri
“To be honest, there is a tourists' trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now.” HonestMy FamilyBeing HonestGasStationsFarmsTrailsTouristsFreewaysGas StationsBirthplace Author:Baz Luhrmann
“There is something wrong with our system when I can leave here and make billions of dollars in 10 years while millions of students can't even afford to pay off their loans, let alone start a business. We all know you don't get successful just by having a good idea or working hard. You get successful by being lucky too. If I had to support my family growing up, instead of having the time to learn how to code. If I didn't know that I was gonna be fine if Facebook didn't work out, then I wouldn't be standing up here today. And if we're honest, we all know how much luck we've had.” TodaySupportGrowing UpSuccessfulHonestStudentsLuckyMy FamilyLuckWork OutCodeLoan Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I came to the realization that I had failed in some respects because I had been more of a benevolent narrator than the world I saw reflected around me, and in the lives of the people in my community, and in my family. There was no benevolent God sparing us pain and loss and grief and struggle. If I was going to continue to write about the place where I am from, and the kind of people who live in my community and who are in my family, I owed it to them to be honest with what our lives are like.” PeopleWorldWritingKindPainCommunityLossGriefStruggleHonestMy FamilyRealizationBeing HonestBenevolent Author:Jesmyn Ward
“My siblings and I were raised like tenants, to be honest. There was a total absence of intimacy in my family, though there was still a great deal of camaraderie among the kids. Things were set up almost like a business, and it had to be managed that way because we were really poor, and there were a lot of mouths to feed.” KidsPoorHonestMy FamilyAbsenceIntimacyBeing HonestSiblingCamaraderieMy Siblings Author:Sufjan Stevens
“A former congressman on his sexting habit: I have made terrible mistakes. I have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends and supporters and the media.” MadeReligionMistakeHonestMediaHabitTerribleMy FriendsMy FamilyFormerSupporterConstituentsCongressman Author:Anthony Weiner