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George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.
Christopher Lasch
Trouble
Sign
Longer
Names
Sure
Sure Sign
Contention
George
Plain
Forthright
Right
Things
Orwell
Speech
Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.
John Lydon
True
Concept
Very
American
Upright
Being
Themselves
Forthright
Hard
Honest
British women can be slightly more reserved; Scottish are a little more crazy and fun, and American are more forthright, which I really enjoy.
Sam Heughan
Crazy
Women
Enjoy
Slightly
More
Scottish
American
Which
Little
Forthright
Really
Fun
Reserved
British
It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject - whether from the Left or the Right, a poet or a plumber - to the Beltway version, in which the only aspects of the issue that matter are the effects it will have on the fortunes of the two parties and the various men in power.
Thomas Frank
Disappointment
Matter
Will
Men
Poet
Power
Consideration
Plumber
Some
Only
Various
Parties
Always
Issue
Subject
Version
Left
Effects
Whether
Which
Turn
Forthright
Aspects
Fortunes
Right
Two
I wish I were shyly, quietly intriguing, like Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, like someone French and fashionable who knows how to twirl her ladylike locks just so and walk adroitly on kitten heels, who is all gesture and whisper - but I am unfortunately forward and forthright: When I am interested in a man, he absolutely knows it.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Man
Walk
Wish
Gesture
Locks
Intriguing
Someone
Kitten
Absolutely
He
Like
French
Knows
How
Am
Were
Quietly
Just
Ladylike
Unfortunately
Interested
Heels
Whisper
Forthright
Who
Forward
Fashionable
Her
Kennedy
The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.
Brenda Ueland
People
Thinking
Industrious
Dry
Empty
Without
Becomes
Continuously
Tragedy
Forthright
Much
Act
Bold
I think there's probably a perception that I did try to mislead people, that I tried to not be forthright about everything I knew about Zach Smith, Courtney Smith situation, which was not the case at all.
Urban Meyer
People
Try
Perception
Situation
Think
Everything
I Think
Tried
I Tried
About
Case
Mislead
Knew
Smith
Courtney
Did
Which
Forthright
I do serve on various boards and I'm very honest and frank, obviously. I am a very forthright person and I do, sort of, share my candid views on anything.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Frank
Various
Share
Obviously
Sort
Am
Very
Person
Candid
Anything
Boards
Forthright
Views
Serve
Honest
One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren't used to, that there's nothing left to hide.
Ken Cuccinelli
People
Hide
Degree
Politician
Nothing
Table
Features
Put
Am
Left
Blunt
Forthright
Used
Unique
Cards
To be honest, I've always been forthright.
Jess Phillips
To Be Honest
Always
Been
Forthright
Honest
Aggressive female icons have been chronically demeaned... It's fine for male artists to be angry - they're encouraged to outwardly express their aggression - but women? I've been painted as an aggressive Feminazi because I'm blunt, stubborn, independent, forthright.
Lydia Lunch
Angry
Women
Aggressive
Chronically
Independent
Fine
Stubborn
Because
Female
Been
Male
Male Artists
Encouraged
Artists
Blunt
Icons
Forthright
Aggression
Painted
Express