"But, hey, what is 'recession' but a word? And the same goes for 'money,' right? And how about 'human beings'?"
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recession, recessions, the recession, double dip recession, politician, politicians, fake news, untrustworthy, human right, human rights, human right issues, inhuman, dehumanising, political jargon, political buzzword, political buzzwords, economy, the economy, austerity, cover-up, cover up, lie, lying, liar, liars, speech, speeches, political speech, political speeches, bending the truth, fake facts, fake facts, bend the truth, economical with the truth, economics, cuts, cut back, cut backs, cut-back, cutbacks, public spending, public spending cut, public spending cuts"I'll never forget where I'm telling wife I was that day."
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affair, affairs, adulterer, adulterers, adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness, wife, wives, husband, husbands, married life, married lives, marriages, mistresses, liar, liars, lie, lies, lying, schedule, getting caught, caught out, deception, deceptions, dishonest, dishonesty"The good news is that you will have a healthy baby girl. The bad news is that she is a congenital liar."
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in vitro, in vitro test, in vitro testing, pregnancy, pregnancies, pegnant, liar, liars, impuslive liar, impulsive liars, congenital, congenital liar, congenital liars, genetic illness, genetic illnesses, genetics, diagnosis, ob-gyn, ob-gyns, obstetrician, obstetricians, gynecologists, parent, parents, parenting, baby girl, baby girls, lie, liar, liars, fib, fibs, fibbing, bad news, diagnosis, diagnoses"Wait, those weren't lies. That was spin!"
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lie, lies, lying, spin, spins, spinning, spin doctor, spin doctors, damage control, saint peter, st. peter, pr, public relations, pr rep, pr reps, pr representative, pr representatives, heaven, heavenly gates, heaven's gate, gates of heaven, plead, pleads, pleading, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, argue a case, arguing a case, argue, argues, arguing"Remember when I said I was going to be honest with you, Jeff? That was a big, fat lie."
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honest, honesty, lie, lies, lying, white lie, white lies, expectation, expectations, sincerity, insincere, sincere, truth, truthteller, truthtellers, truthtelling, truth teller, truth tellers, truth telling, falsehood, falsehoods, false, interview, interviews, job interview, job interviews, 1 to 1, one to one, 1 2 1"Don't listen to him. Your hair is beautiful."
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judge, judges, judged, judicial, judiciary, jury, juror, jurors, jury duty, law, lawyer, lawyers, legal, legality, legalism, your honor, honor, your honour, court, courts, court of law, court room, court rooms, courtroom, courtrooms, prosecute, prosecutor, attention, pay attention, focus, focused, lie, lies, slander, slandering, slandered, libel, client, clients, reassuring, reassurance, reassurances, vain, vanity, hairstyle, hairstyles, reassure, reassurance, reassurances, reassuring"I know what you're thinking, but let me offer a competing narrative."
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cheat, cheating, adultery, adulterer, adulterers, cheat, cheaters, infidelity, infidelities, cheats, cheater, adulterer, adulterers, its not what it looks like, relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, let me explain, explain, explaining, cliche, cliches, saying, saying, married, marry, narrative, narrative, sympathy, lie, lies, liar, liars"It's translated from French, so where it says 'Harvard Business School' it may mean 'jail.'"
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translation, translations, french, translator, translators, resume, resumes, c/v, c/vs, cv, application, applications, job application, job applications, qualification, qualifications, job qualification, job qualifications, business school, business schools, harvard business school, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars"Young people today need heroes - that's why I hired a P.R. firm."
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pr firm, p.r., public relations, public relations firm, public relations firms, hero, heroes, lie, lies, lying, heroic, inspiration, inspirations, inspired, representative, representatives, representation, pretend, pretends, pretending, misrepresent, misrepresentation, misrepresentations, positive spin, spin, spins, spinning, spin doctor, spin doctors, muse, muses"O.K., I'm going to demonstrate the proper way to lie to me about flossing."
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dentist, dentists, dental office, dental offices, dentist's office, dentist's offices, dental, dental work, teeth, tooth, teeth cleaning, cleaning, teeth cleanings, cleanings, going to the dentist, flossing, floss, lie, lies, lying, lying to the dentist, falsehood, falsehoods, fib, fibs, fibbing, demonstrate, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrations, demo, demos, example, examples, caught, caught red-handed, caught in a lie, medical, medicine"Very good. Now go out there and convince others."
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happy, happiness, smile, smiles, smiling, convince, convinces, convincing, unconvincing, unnerving, sales, salesman, salesmen, salesperson, salespeople, disingenuous, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars, pep, peppy, upbeat, unnatural, creepy, permanent, permanence, weird, weirdness, buy, buys, buying, stiffBy Strategic Use of Postcards, Thoreau Manages to Keep Walden Pond Unspoiled
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henry david thorough, walden, walden pond, ralph waldo emerson, emerson, poet, poets, poetry, transcendentalist, transcendentalists, transcendentalist movement, nature, natural world, naturalist, naturalists, nature-lover, nature lovers, postcard, postcards, deceive, deceives, deceiving, deception, deceptions, lie, lies, liar, liars, fib, fibs, fibbing, fibber, fibbers, white lie, white lies, american writer, american writers"So it's a case of he said, she said, it said."
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garden of eden, genesis, book of genesis, he said she said, he said, she said, story, stories, serpent, serpents, tree of knowledge, forbidden fruit, forbidden fruits, rashomon effect, lie, lies, liar, liars, self-serving, blame, blames, blaming, shift blame, shifts blame, shifting blame, point fingers, pointing fingers, finger-pointing, god, broken law, broken laws, bible story, bible stories, creation story, creation storiesRumors, lies and innuendo.
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free press, media, mainstream media, news, news van, news vans, rumor, rumors, rumour, rumours, lie, lies, lying, innuendo, fake news, false media, verify, verification, unreliable, bias, biased, tabloid, tabloids, journalist, journalists, journalism, local news, scaremonger, scaremongering"These are the benefits you were guaranteed when you joined this firm - and this is a match."
"Seeing it again, I was newly struck by whatever you thought about it."
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couple, couples, marriages, husband and wife, husbands and wives, bad relationship, bad relationships, concede, conceding, cinema, cinemas, movie, movies, film, movie theatre, movie theatres, movie theater, movie theaters, appease, appeasing, agree, agreeing, lie, lying, pretend, pretending, long term relationship, long term relationships, long-term relationships, reconsider, reconsidered, reconsidering, keep the peace, keeping the peace"You're right - the shipping isn't free. They've folded the expense in the cost of the item."
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shipping, shipping fee, shipping fees, mislead, misleads, misleading, cost, costs, hidden cost, hidden costs, hidden fee, hidden fees, mail order, ecommerce, internet commerce, e-commerce, online retail, online retailer, online retailers, free shipping, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars, technicality, technicalities, confused, confusion"You expect me to believe you were at a mouse convention?"
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking pet, talking pets, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking cat, talking cats, cat, feline, felines, cats, cat owner, cat owners, cat door, cat doors, cat flap, cat flaps, coming home, returning home, mouse, mice, convention, conventions, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, partner, partners, boyfriend, boyfriends, girlfriends, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, infidelity, cheating, cheater, cheaters, extramarital affairs, affair, affairs, believe, belief, excuse, excuses, alibi, alibis, lie, lies, liar, liars, betrayal"I lied in my ad. I hate Wallace Stevens."
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poet, poets, poetry, poem, poems, lie, lies, white lie, white lies, personal ad, personal ads, profile, profiles, dating profile, dating profiles, online profile, online profiles, date, dates, well-read, ad, ads, modern poet, modern poets, modern poetry, wallace stevens, pose, poses, poseur, poseurs, pretend, pretending, pretentious, pretentiousness, writer, writers, author, authors"Our plans? Of course you're in our plans."
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employer, employers, boss, bosses, manager, managers, executive, executives, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, bad employer, bad employers, hierarchy, hierarchies, business hierarchy, business hierarchies, lie, lying, deceive, deceiving, deception, deceptions, fired, underemployment, fire, firing, unemployed, redundant, redundancy, redundancies, dotted line, dotted lines, the dotted line, cut out, cut out, cut along the dotted line, disposable, irrelevant, disrespectfulSometimes a Good Excuse to Get off the Telephone is Hard to Find
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called away, excuse, excuses, phone call, phone calls, overlong, overly long, chat, chats, chatting, chatty, talk, talks, talking, conversation, conversations, endless, endlessness, polite excuse, polite excuses, good excuse, good excuses, lie, lies, white lie, white lies, break free, breaks free, breaking free, telephone, telephones, call, calls, calling, annoyance, annoyances, annoying, irritation, irritations, irritatingPinocchio finally takes the plunge.
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pinocchio, plastic surgery, plastic surgeon, plastic surgeons, deviated septum, deviated septums, excuse, excuses, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars, rhinoplasty, puppet, puppets, real boy, excuse, excuses, big nose, nose, noses, insecurity, insecurities, insecure, surgery, surgeries, vanity, vain