frankness
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“Wake me up in a hundred years, ask me what is happening in Russia,” mused Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, a 19th-century satirist, “and I’ll tell you with my usual frankness: We steal, we drink, we make war.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Billops’s questions to Van Der Zee give shape to the book’s narrative, and the subject’s frankness charms his dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
“With his unconventional frankness and tenderness, he drew out people’s hidden qualities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
It was that honesty and frankness, combined with his biting touch, that made Stephen Colbert such a TV icon.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
One thing I liked immediately about Shorty was his frankness.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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