"But I see you're having difficulty following my argument."
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argue, argument, discuss, discussion, bored, boredom, boring, conversation, conversations, lecture, lectures, lecturing, boring conversation, boring conversations, sleepy, tired, worn out, tiring, falling asleep, fallen asleep, falling asleep standing up, lack of attention, attention failure, inattentive, inattentiveness, pompous, pomposity, self important, self importance, self-important, self-importance, selfimportant, selfimportance, stuck up, stuck-up, conceit, conceited"Why buy and Idaho spud when you can have a potato of distinction that grows only in the soil of northern France?"
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potato, potatoes, spud, spuds, france, french, french potato, french potatoes, idaho, potato farm, potato farms, potato farming, stereotype, stereotypes, american, americans, american people, french people, stuck up, stuck-up, arrogant, arrogance, conceit, conceited, superior, superiority, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension"I just have a few minor fixes that will ruin everything you've come up with."
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bosses, boss, manager, managers, executive, executives, business manager, business managers, business executive, business executives, bad manager, bad managers, bad managements, notes, review, reviews, impractical, inconvenient, inconvenience, interfere, interfering, interference, interrupt, interruption, incompetent, incompetence, conceit, conceited, bad idea, bad ideas, hierarchy, hierarchies, business hierarchy, business hierarchies"I'm telling you, Harper, we're in the wrong business."
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fastfood, fast food, fastfood worker, fastfood workers, unskilled labour, unskilled labourer, unskilled labourers, fastfood outlet, fastfood outlets, suit, suits, business men, business man, business person, business people, businessman, businessmen, business person, fastfood restaurant, fastfood restaurants, in the wrong business, job satisfaction, unsuited, unsuitable, employee satisfaction, stuck up, pretentious, pretentiousness, conceit, conceited"You've got to learn how to bowl without irony."
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bowl, bowling, bowler, bowlers, hipster, hipsters, pretentious, pretension, conceit, conceited, bowling ball, bowling balls, irony, ironic, bowling alley, bowling alleys, bowling lane, bowling lanes, showy, showiness, affected, affected attitude, affected attitudes, disdain, disdaining, disdainful, disapprove, disapproving, call out, call-out, calling out, calling-out, show-up, showing-up, subculture, subculturesFilm Critic
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critic, critics, film critic, film critics, movie critic, movie critic, criticism, movie, movies, bad film, bad films, bad movie, bad movies, pretentious, pretension, pretentiousness, harsh, harsh critic, harsh criticism, conceit, conceited, conceitedness, interpretation, interpretations, different interpretation, different interpretations, modern life"The reviews said the reviewers were very clever."
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party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, small talk, critic, critics, criticism, review, reviews, reviewer, reviewers, self congratulating, self congratulate, self congratulation, conceit, conceited, intelligent, clever, theater, the theater, the theatre, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes"There are those who say I'm a throwback to Monet."
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monet, artist, artists, painter, painters, famous artist, famous artists, impressionism, impressionist, impressionists, french impressionism, french impressionist, french impressionists, throwback, throwbacks, bad painter, bad painters, conceit, conceited, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, reminiscent, copycat, copycats, modern art, modern artist, modern artists, claude monet, unimpressed, unimpressive"As far as I'm concerned, it just takes my kind."
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business man, business men, business person, business people, businessman, businessmen, businessperson, conceit, conceited, arrogant, arrogance, pretentious, pretension, takes all kinds, business jargon, business talk, business speak, disagree, disagreeing, disagreement, jargon, insulted, offended, take offence, taking offence, comeback, comebacks, come back, come backs, snapback, snapbacks, snap back, snap backs"I like our place in the country, but the only dogs I enjoy hanging out with there are also up from the city."
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modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, friends, friend, friendship, friendships, dog, dogs, pet dog, pet dogs, pet, pets, city, cities, city life, urban life, the country, countryside, the countryside, snob, snobs, snobbery, elite, elitist, elitism, second home, second homes, wealth, wealthy, privilege, privileged, rich person, rich people, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, conceit, conceited"The U.S.S. Narcissus"
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narcissus, narcissism, narcissist, narcissists, vain, vanity, egoist, egoists, ego, egoism, egotistical, egocentric, conceit, conceited, self-absorbed, sea, seas, ocean, submarine, submarines, sub, subs, periscope, periscopes, mirror, mirrors, hand mirror, hand mirrors, vanity mirror, vanity mirrors, looking at oneself, admiring oneself, reflection, reflections, u.s.s., united states ship, uss, word play, wordplay"Lucy tells me you're a writer. I'm no stranger to self-delusion myself."
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writer, writers, author, authors, novelist, novelists, failed writer, fail writers, failed author, failed authors, deluded, delusion, delusions, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, conceit, conceited, self delusion, self deluded, self-delusion, self-deluded, cocktail party, cocktail parties, introduction, introductions, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes"I'm frustrated because I wish I were criticizing greater things."
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critic, critics, criticising, criticizing, reviews, review, writing reviews, reviewer, reviewers, reviewing, frustrated, frustration, frustrations, dissatisfied, dissatisfaction, disillusioned, disillusionment, pretentious, pretension, pretentiousness, conceit, conceited, motivation, no motivation, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, rate, rating"Perfect. Kate and Eli are suckers for bold graphics."
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hipster, hipsters, wine, wine label, wine labels, brand, brands, branding, pretentious, pretentiousness, conceit, conceited, bold graphics, wine connoisseur, wine connoisseurs, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, consumer, consumers, consumerism, capitalism, expensive wine, expensive wines, priorities, bad priorities, wrong priorities" 'Perceptual and kinetic art have an intertwined development that cannot be totally disentangled; nevertheless perceptual, optical, or "virtual" movement—which always exists in tension with factual immobility—is an experience of a different order.' "
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modern art, abstract art, modern artist, modern artists, abstract artist, artists, art gallery, art galleries, art speak, art rubbish, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, reflection, reflections, cliche, cliches, white box, white boxes, white room, white rooms, kinetic art, conceit, arty farty, artsey fartsey, artspeak, art market, the art marketThe Red Carpet
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red carpet, red carpets, the red carpet, king, kings, royal, royals, royalty, pretentious, pretension, pretentiousness, conceit, conceited, priorities, wrong priorities, bad priorities, sneak, sneaking, sneaking about, rich person, rich people, the one percent, the 1 percent, wealth divide, wealth gap"Relax—we'd know."
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banker, bankers, banking, recession, the recession, recessions, economic crash, stock market, stock markets, stock market crash, stock market crashes, double dip recession, banking crisis, doom, doomsayer, the apocalypse, the end of days, doomsday, politician, politicians, sandwich board, sandwich boards, finance, financial crash, financial crashes, hierarchy, hierarchies, pretension, pretentious, pretentiousness, conceit, conceited, big head, big headed"Do you know why the universe works so well? God runs it like a business, that's why."
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business men, business man, business people, business person, businessmen, businessman, businessperson, business executive, business executives, god, gods, christianity, christian, christians, judaism, jews, jewish, theism, theist, theists, conceit, conceited, the universe, harmony, harmonious, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists, universal harmony, universal law of harmony, beliefs, self important, self-importance, self important, self importance"Good point, Remson. You couldn't be more right if you were me."
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meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business meeting, business meetings, executive, executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, self-important, self-importance, self important, self importance, pretentious, pretension, hierarchy, hierarchies, business hierarchy, business hierarchies, taking credit, claiming credit, idea theft, stealing ideas, taking ideas, arrogant, arrogance, conceit, conceited, chair, chairs, chairman, chairmen, chairman of the board, ego, egos, egotist, egotistical, narcissist, narcissistic, narcissism"I mean, like in painting, we'd be called a 'school'."
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journalist, journalists, journalism, paparazzi, the paparazzi, papped, photography, photographer, photographers, painting, painting school, painter, painters, photo journalist, photo journalists, photo journalism, collective noun, collective nouns, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, conceit, conceited"Good evening. In today's top story, my book has jumped to Number Three on the best-seller list."
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anchor desk, anchorman, anchormen, news, the news, news reader, newsreader, news commentator, news commentators, tv news, television news, news program, news programs, news programme, news programmes, promote, promoting, self promotion, self-promotion, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, author, authors, writer, writers, novelist, novelists, self interest, conceit, conceited, ego, egotist, egotists, egotisticalAsk Me about my Break from Social Media
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social media, social network, social networks, social networking, social networker, millennial, millennials, modern life, modern technology, modern attitudes, gen z, gen-z, generation z, conceit, conceited, social media blackout, social media break, back to nature, show off, show offs, show-off, show-offs, showing off, detox, detoxing, social media detox, blogger, bloggers, blogging, vlogger, vloggers, vlogging"I brought out the meekness in others."
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heaven, gates of heaven, pearly gates, pearled gates, judgement, judgement day, god, christianity, christian, christians, judaism, jews, jewish, theism, theist, theists, meek, meekness, arrogant, arrogance, superior, superiority, conceit, conceited, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, persuade, persuading, persuasive, making your case, unworthy, unworthiness