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be frank

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The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest. Benjamin Mkapa

I asked Rajiv to be frank. I had no love for office or power. I could walk out any time. I was like a sojourner in an inn. Zail Singh

One must be frank to be relevant. Corazon Aquino

I'll be frank and say that we were deluded when we signed the contract [with the U. S. ]. We should have sought to buy other jet fighters like British, French and Russian to secure the air cover for our forces; if we had air cover we would have averted what had happened. Nouri al-Maliki

You must be frank with the world; frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Robert E. Lee

My emotions are very simple and always have been about the Hall of Fame. It's something that I had absolutely nothing to do with and had no control over, so I never thought much about it, to be frank. Geddy Lee

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