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As a matter of fact, negative feelings usually are less difficult to express honestly than are positive feelings.
The medical consultation, dealing as it does with subjects that are often difficult to express honestly and openly, represents a masterclass in linguistics: the way imagery and metaphor – and repetitions, omissions, rejoinders, non sequiturs, hesitations, and silences – convey more meaning, and can be more revealing, than mere words.
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It would be refreshing, though, if it were expressed honestly, without the "of course we respect religious freedom" facade.
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What is OK to say? Do people feel unable to express themselves honestly in case they are attacked by the dreaded (if entirely mythical) "PC brigade"?
"The greatest and most enriching architecture is that which layers the new and old, allowing each to express itself honestly," said Frederick Bland, a 52-year-old designer.
This Week's Bests Way to Use Fear as Your Compass Jim Connolly has one simple idea to attract the attention and respect of your marketplace: "In my experience, those who express themselves honestly and those who are too fearful to express what they believe use fear as their compass.
Whether you are publishing your own sensitive account of a long and blameless life, or granting an explicit interview to a popular newspaper, you have a right to express yourself honestly – whether or not you cause harm to others in the process.
But Egypt had the artists waiting to come out of the closet and express themselves honestly and politically".
People who grow up in families with addiction, neglect, abuse, or other dysfunction are often afraid to express themselves honestly for fear of triggering disaster.
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