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-->-- Nancy Gribble, ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''

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-->-- Nancy Gribble, '''Nancy Gribble''', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''



-->-- Creator/WilliamBlake, ''Auguries of Innocence''

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-->-- Creator/WilliamBlake, '''Creator/WilliamBlake''', ''Auguries of Innocence''



-->--The PointyHairedBoss, '''[[http://dribibu.xs4all.nl/dilbert20030928.html Dilbert]]'''

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-->--The PointyHairedBoss, -->--'''The PointyHairedBoss''', '''[[http://dribibu.xs4all.nl/dilbert20030928.html Dilbert]]'''



-->--''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', "The Wedding Squanchers"

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-->--''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', -->--'''Rick Sanchez''', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', "The Wedding Squanchers"


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->'''Kratos''': Why did you speak to the dwarf like that?\\
'''Atreus''': Aren’t you sick of hearing about him and [[SiblingRivalry his brother?]]\\
'''Kratos''': Of course. But it serves nothing to make an enemy of him.\\
'''Atreus''': He should know the truth. Even if it hurts.\\
'''Kratos''': [[WhatTheHellHero It was needless and unkind.]]\\
'''Atreus''': Truth is more important than kindness.\\
'''Kratos''': Your mother would disagree.\\
'''Atreus''': [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism She wasn’t a god.]]
-->--''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''
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->''"The truth is a lot like sunlight. People used to think it was good for you."''
-->-- Nancy Gribble, ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
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-->--''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko''

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-->--''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko''
-->--''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}''
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->''"Harshly spoken, but difficult to deny."''
--> -- '''Mother Giselle''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
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->''"Over on our wall, a look at the storm track, the forecasters today have expanded the area where the storm may hit. See this? Melbourne, Daytona Beach, all the way up to Jacksonville? This moves 20 miles to the west, and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you. Because you can't survive it. It's not possible, unless you're very very lucky. And your kids die too."''
-->--'''Shep Smith''', on Floridans choosing not to evacuate in the wake of Hurricane Matthew
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->'''Kirishima:''' Well, if any of our classmates have pro-Quirks, it's [[AnIcePerson Todoroki]] and [[StuffBlowingUp Bakugou]].\\
'''Tsuyu:''' Sure, but Bakugou's always angry so he'll never be that popular.\\
'''Bakugou:''' [[IResembleThatRemark WHAT DID YOU SAY?! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!]]\\
'''Tsuyu:''' You see?
-->-- ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''

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->A truth that's told with bad intent\\
Beats all the lies you can invent
-->-- Creator/WilliamBlake, ''Auguries of Innocence''

-> ''"Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit."''
-->-- '''Edward R. Murrow'''



->A truth that's told with bad intent\\
Beats all the lies you can invent
-->-- Creator/WilliamBlake, ''Auguries of Innocence''

->''Truth can be healing, and sometimes fessing up is the only appropriate response. When counseling her patients about the wisdom of truth-telling, my colleague Lisa Spiegel uses a simple and effective formula: Ask yourself, is it honest, is it helpful, and is it kind?\\
Truth can also be irrevocably destructive and even aggressive, delivered with sadistic pleasure. On more than one occasion, I’ve seen honesty do more harm than good, leaving me to ask, Can lying sometimes be protective? […] Sometimes silence is caring. Before you unload your guilt onto an unsuspecting partner, consider, whose well-being are you really thinking of? Is your soul-cleansing as selfless as it appears? And what is your partner supposed to do with this information?''
-->-- '''Esther Perel''', ''Literature/TheStateOfAffairs''
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->'''Jazmine:''' Every time I lose a tooth, the Tooth Fairy takes it away and leaves a dollar under my pillow.\\
'''Huey:''' There ain't no such thing as the Tooth Fairy.\\
'''Jazmine:''' Then who's leaving the money?\\
'''Huey:''' Probably your parents. They have both the cash and the access to your room.\\
'''Jazmine:''' Why did they lie to me?\\
'''Huey:''' Because the truth hurts, Jazmine. The world is a hard and lonely place, and nobody gets anything for free. And you wanna know what else? One day, you and everyone you know is gonna die.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''
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->'''Board Member''': Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated?\\
'''Red''': Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.\\
'''Board Member''': Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society—\\
'''Red''': I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, it's just a made-up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?\\
'''Board Member''': Well, are you?\\
'''Red''': [[TheAtoner There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret.]] Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
-->-- ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''[[note]]The parole board approve Red's parole after he gives this speech.[[/note]]

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->''Can I be real, man? You're being a little bitch right now.''
-->-- '''Father Brah''', ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''
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->"My thoughts connect instantaneously with my mouth. It's very efficient. Clinically, it's probably unique."
-->-- '''Herman Judd''', ''Series/Avenue5''

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->''There are no two words in the English language more harmful than, "Good job."''
-->-- '''Fletcher''', ''Film/{{Whiplash}}''
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->'''Shrek''': STOP SINGING! Well, it's no wonder you don't have any friends!\\
'''Donkey''': Wow, only a true friend would be that truly honest!
--> -- ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''
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-->--'''Esther Perel''', ''The State of Affairs''

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-->--'''Esther -->-- '''Esther Perel''', ''The State of Affairs''
''Literature/TheStateOfAffairs''
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->'''Almond:''' I guess EVERYTHING is MY fault, huh?!
->'''Cucumber:''' [[BluntYes Yeah. I guess so.]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero If you hadn't treated this like a game back when we had the change to prevent it]], [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot we wouldn't even be here at all]], so, yeah. I guess it is your fault.
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->'''Cucumber:''' You don't have to cheer me up, Nautilus. I know I shouldn't have said that.
->'''Nautilus:''' Everyone says things they don't mean sometimes.
->'''Cucumber:''' I '''did''' mean it. I just don't think she needed to hear it.
-->-- ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest''

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-> A truth that's told with bad intent
-> Beats all the lies you can invent

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Beats all the lies you can invent



-> '''Giles''': Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact?
-> '''Cordelia''': Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.

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-> '''Giles''': ->'''Giles''': Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact?
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tact?\\
'''Cordelia''': Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.



-> '''Anya:''' Everybody's so ''nice.'' Nobody says what's on their minds.
-> '''Spike:''' You do. That's why you're the only one of them I wouldn't bite if I had the chance.

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-> '''Anya:''' ->'''Anya:''' Everybody's so ''nice.'' Nobody says what's on their minds.
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'''Spike:''' You do. That's why you're the only one of them I wouldn't bite if I had the chance.


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->'''Nar:''' But Kal might exercise an option, Kara. He might cut you out of his life.\\
'''Kara:''' He won’t do that.\\
'''Nar:''' You sure?\\
'''Kara:''' It’s a gift, Nar. The best gift I think I can give to Kal.\\
'''Nar:''' You sure about that?\\
'''Kara:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Nar:''' What I mean is that it seems more like a gift to yourself. You show your acting chops, you put together a movie that’s bound to break the barriers at the box office, you make a lot of money and you’ve got a triumph. All you have to do to get it is break Kal-El’s heart.\\
'''Kara:''' I can always count on you for the truth, Nar. Or a truth I don’t want to face.
-->-- ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn''
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->'''Lily:''' Friends make each other feel good, they build each other up and support them. That's what being a good friend is about."

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->'''Lily:''' Friends make each other feel good, they build each other up and support them. That's what being a good friend is about."
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-->''Truth can be healing, and sometimes fessing up is the only appropriate response. When counseling her patients about the wisdom of truth-telling, my colleague Lisa Spiegel uses a simple and effective formula: Ask yourself, is it honest, is it helpful, and is it kind?\\

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-->''Truth ->''Truth can be healing, and sometimes fessing up is the only appropriate response. When counseling her patients about the wisdom of truth-telling, my colleague Lisa Spiegel uses a simple and effective formula: Ask yourself, is it honest, is it helpful, and is it kind?\\
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--'''Esther Perel''', ''The State of Affairs''

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--'''Esther -->--'''Esther Perel''', ''The State of Affairs''

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-> A truth that's told with bad intent
-> Beats all the lies you can invent
-->-- Creator/WilliamBlake, ''Auguries of Innocence''

-->''Truth can be healing, and sometimes fessing up is the only appropriate response. When counseling her patients about the wisdom of truth-telling, my colleague Lisa Spiegel uses a simple and effective formula: Ask yourself, is it honest, is it helpful, and is it kind?\\
Truth can also be irrevocably destructive and even aggressive, delivered with sadistic pleasure. On more than one occasion, I’ve seen honesty do more harm than good, leaving me to ask, Can lying sometimes be protective? […] Sometimes silence is caring. Before you unload your guilt onto an unsuspecting partner, consider, whose well-being are you really thinking of? Is your soul-cleansing as selfless as it appears? And what is your partner supposed to do with this information?''
--'''Esther Perel''', ''The State of Affairs''



-> A truth that's told with bad intent
-> Beats all the lies you can invent
-->-- Creator/WilliamBlake, ''Auguries of Innocence''
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-> You look like Freddy Krueger face-fucked a topographical map of Utah.

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-> You look like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger Krueger]] face-fucked a topographical map of Utah.
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->'''Marco:''' [[PuppeteerParasite The Yeerks]] don't want people knowing what's happening, not yet. So [Visser Three]'s going to keep your mom and dad quiet. Plus, he's going to find out what they know about the box.
->'''David:''' [[WrongGenreSavvy Are you saying he'll torture them or something?]]
->'''Marco:''' Man... Listen to me. By now your parents have been taken to a secret, underground facility called a Yeerk pool. It's not a nice place. Picture a sludgy cesspool of a pond the color of molten lead. There are two steel piers leading out over the pond. [[DumbMuscle Hork-Bajir warriors]] will drag your parents out to the end of one of those piers. They will-
->'''Cassie:''' Marco!
->'''Marco:''' They will drag them out to the end of that pier and they will kick their legs out from under them and force their heads down into the sludge. And while they are kicking and screaming and calling for help, a Yeerk slug will swim over and it will squeeze into one ear. And it will flatten itself out and squeeze and burrow and dig its way into their skulls, where it will spread around and into their brains. And the Hork-Bajir will yank them up out of the sludge, and [[AndIMustScream they will start to feel that they cannot control their own arms or legs. Cannot open their own mouths or move their own eyes]]. The Yeerk will open their memories like a person opening a book. They will be slaves. The most total slaves in all of history because even their own minds won't be theirs anymore. Are you getting the picture?"
-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #20: The Discovery''
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->''Truth enlightens the mind, but won't always bring happiness to your heart.''
-->--''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', opening quote for ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]''
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->''"Listen, I'm not the nicest guy in the universe, because I'm the smartest, and being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets."''
-->--''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', "The Wedding Squanchers"
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'''Ton:''' Hmph. You tell yourself that. [[SelfDeprecation Yeah, I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.]]

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'''Ton:''' Hmph. You tell yourself that. [[SelfDeprecation Yeah, I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.]]
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'''Ton:''' Hmph. You tell yourself that. [[SelfDepracation Yeah, I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.]]

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'''Ton:''' Hmph. You tell yourself that. [[SelfDepracation [[SelfDeprecation Yeah, I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.]]
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->'''Ton:''' You know what accounting's all about? Calculating how much is coming in and how much is getting spent. Every last yen. People who half-ass their numbers never do it once. The mistakes pile up and it hurts the company. Hurts people too. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion How long are you going to keep half-assing your own numbers, huh?]] If you keep giving out more than you're getting back in return, eventually there ain't going to be anything left. You get what I'm sayin'?\\
'''Retsuko:''' ...I think I do. You know, you're really a good person.\\
'''Ton:''' Hmph. You tell yourself that. [[SelfDepracation Yeah, I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.]]
-->--''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko''
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-> '''Emily:''' You know Vince, Lana called us earlier. She sounded bad. Sounded like she wanted us to come get her like someone was being a creep.\\
'''Vince:''' [[BlatantLies I probably wasn't here for that.]] Must have been when I had to go make a business run.\\
'''Emily:''' And what business is that, Vince?\\
'''Vince:''' [''[[GigglingVillain Gets the giggles.]]''] I'm a fucking drug dealer.\\
'''Crystal:''' Well, he's honest, I'll give him that.
-->-- ''Film/DISCO2017''
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->'''Bill:''' What if you're wrong?!\\
'''The Twelfth Doctor:''' Well, we'll be ''horribly murdered.''
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Oxygen"

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->''"I have the results of the employee morale survey. The number one issue is 'not enough open and honest communication from management.' Well, okay, I'm willing to give that a try."'' '''(to Wally)''' ''Management is looting the company while hiding the fact that we're in a death spiral.'' '''(to Alice)''' ''Whenever you talk, I think about my fishing lures until the noise stops.'' '''(to all)''' ''When I see an employee suffer, it excites me in ways I don't understand.'' '''(to Wally)''' ''On nine separate occasions, I've fired bald guys because I thought they were you. '' '''(to all)''' ''If this doesn't work for you, let me know on the next employee morale survey.''

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->''"I have the results of the employee morale survey. The number one issue is 'not enough open and honest communication from management.' Well, okay, I'm willing to give that a try."'' '''(to Wally)''' ''(to Wally)'' ''Management is looting the company while hiding the fact that we're in a death spiral.'' '''(to Alice)''' ''(to Alice)'' ''Whenever you talk, I think about my fishing lures until the noise stops.'' '''(to all)''' ''(to all)'' ''When I see an employee suffer, it excites me in ways I don't understand.'' '''(to Wally)''' ''(to Wally)'' ''On nine separate occasions, I've fired bald guys because I thought they were you. '' '''(to all)''' ''(to all)'' ''If this doesn't work for you, let me know on the next employee morale survey.''





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->''Oh, you've redecorated! I don't like it.''
-->--'''The Tenth Doctor''', regarding the Eleventh's TARDIS, ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Day of the Doctor"

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