If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
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CASSANDRA CLARE Everyone thinks you should be honest until you tell the truth about them.
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CASSANDRA CLARE to seek the truth, you
must lie to a liar,
& if they believe in your lie,
they will tell you the tru...
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APURVA GAGLANI I don't want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them th...
SAMUEL GOLDWYN I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them thei...
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JEWEL If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
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SORIN CERIN If you want to follow the truth, then you have to kill your desire first
NOOR AHMED You have to take off your beliefs if you want to see the naked truth.
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GORDON ATKINSON You want a friend who's going to tell you the truth. That's what it's about. If you don&...
DONALD DRIVER It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
RITA RUDNER If I lie about the truth which you will know somehow later,
then you would tell me a liar.
If you di...
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People w...
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RITA RUDNER The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what...
JOHN VERDON Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PORTUGUESE PROVERB There's a lot of things you don't want to tell your kids about.
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MOHAMMED DAOUD Mes poumons sont remplis de l'air pur
mon esprit est ouvert et libéré, la sérénité remplit tous...
JACOB MAHURIEN If they ask me a question, I'll tell them the truth.
KC GRIMMETT If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
MARK TWAIN If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
MARK TWAIN I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.
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PHILIP PULLMAN When you have the courage to tell the truth about what you're really afraid of, fear doesn't have co...
ALI VINCENT He flatters me, I'll tell you. It's as if the neighbors don't have problems with his proposal.
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Tell them lullaby, they will fall asleep.
Tell them the tr...
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JACKIE COLLINS You people with your quests annoy the pants off me.
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KEVIN MITNICK If you want the truth about being different,
all you have to do is look in the mirror.
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