I am not as comfortable with you as I’d like to be.<\/p>\n

Oh, why is that?<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, you sort of act like a stranger to \/with me.<\/p>\n

Hmmm, how so?<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, you never let me know what you really<\/strong> think.<\/p>\n

You always seem to stop short of just telling me your real thoughts.<\/p>\n

Well, you may not always like me if I did.<\/em><\/p>\n

OK, …still, I’d know whenever I appreciate your thoughts \/personality,<\/p>\n

I’m appreciating you<\/span> and not just society’s dictates.<\/p>\n

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It takes courage to say what you really think.<\/p>\n

On ‘America Idol’ one judge said what he really thought, not what others expected him to say.<\/p>\n

(Total revenues estimated over $11 billion!)<\/em><\/p>\n

He eventually left the show (after 8 years<\/strong>)<\/em> and many wondered whether the show would survive without him.<\/p>\n

For saying what he really thought.<\/p>\n

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A ship is safest in harbor, but that’s not the purpose of a ship.<\/p>\n

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