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• Instilled values to dream really big, to be honest, and to work hard.
  — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
• Pickford is fascinated by the era of early colonial expansion and also, to be frank, by treasure.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• Republicans must be honest about the limits of American power.
  — Dan Caldwell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
• Essentially, leaders must be honest, demonstrate strong moral principles, and act with clear, positive intent while showing care and concern for others.
  — William Mullane, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
• To be honest, though, the race the fans were here to see would not be one for the ages.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
• The last few years haven’t been all that hot for Grace, to be honest.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
• And to be honest, he’s been very good with that this year.
  — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 22 May 2024
• To be honest, a few of them are still my very best friends.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
• To be honest, there are enough shows out there that do that.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
• Working on the lyrics was a bit of a struggle, to be honest.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2023
• To be honest, there are K-pop groups that fight a lot or don’t get along.
  — Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• To be honest with you, that has to do with not drinking as well.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
• For me, the victory is to be here tonight, to be honest.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• For me, the victory is to be here tonight, to be honest.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
• But to be honest with you, my kids aren’t packing them in their lunch.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
• My job is to be me, to be honest, and come at it from a point of view that is always with the chef in mind.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
• Be brave and be honest with yourself about what stays and what goes.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
• My initial goal was just to give my friends jobs, to be honest.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 12 June 2023
• The hardest part on me is leaving this place, to be honest.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2023
• She and her top staff, which should be honest with both themselves and her.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• To be honest, the state of the world is pretty depressing.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• To heal, Marc needs to be honest with himself and those closest to him.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
• Yeah, well, to be honest, the only way to go forward is to do things on your own terms.
  — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 2023
• And to be honest, my hair and I don't always see eye to eye on our career.
  — Andrea Lavinthal, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• And, to be honest, not everything he’s done has been bad.
  — Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
• The crowd was roaring, and to see Chloe Kelly’s goal was just breath-taking to be honest.
  — Asif Burhan, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• How much tinkering was done? To be honest, the core of it was already there.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
• Leslie Jones’s version of The Daily Show did a lot of stuff really well this week, to be frank.
  — Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
• Trevor Noah: Well, to be honest with you, my process is living life and then being on stage.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Dec. 2023
• And a lot of people are frustrated about it, to be honest.
  — Mirjam Swanson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024