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"I'm proud of that resumé but I'm sensing 'stickler for the truth'."
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resume, resumes, cv, hr, human resources, personnel, job interview, job interviews, job candidate, job candidates, job applicant, job applicants, dishonest, dishonesty, stickler, sticklers, truth, truthness, honest, honesty, honestness, lie, lies, liar, liars, deception, deceptions, white lie, fib, fibs, white lies"And another thing. When they start telling you 'You've still got it,' you don't."
"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'Hi hon. Me? I'm just getting some work done and the kids are playing in the other room.'
"Of course you don't look anything like your reflection in the mirror."
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reflection, reflections, mirror, mirrors, looking in the mirror, self conscious, self-consciousness, self-conscious, self consciousness, in denial, comfort, comforting, support, supporting, supportive, husband and wife, husbands and wives, white lie, white lies, sarcasm, sarcastic, couple, couples, long term relationship, long term relationships, long-term relationships, ageing, getting old"I'd invite you to come up but I don't live here."
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boyfriend, girlfriend, boyfriends, girlfriends, dating, date, dates, relationship, relationships, first date, fake address, wrong address, accident, accidents, mistake, mistakes, first impressions, first impression, pretend, pretending, white lie, white lies, minor lie, minor lies, bluff, tell the truth, telling the truth, lie, lied, liar, liars, embarrassed, show off, showing off, caught in a lie"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'Son, that was just a white lie to get you to come with me ... They don't really hand out 3-D glasses at the ballpark.'
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lie, lied, liar, lying, lies, dad, father, dads, fathers, son, sons, ballpark, ballparks, stadium, stadiums, 3d, 3-d, shown in 3d, shown in 3-d, 3d glasses, 3-d glasses, white lie, white lies, hand out, handing out, freebee, freebees, game, the game, games, gaming, in the bleachers, bleachers, in the bleachers"I'm not lying. I'm social distancing."
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social distancing, social isolation, pandemic, pandemics, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, corona virus, pinocchio, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars, nose, noses, long nose, long-nosed, 2m, 6 ft, promise, promises, promising, measure, measures, measuring, white lie, white lies, excuse, excuses, punish, punishing, obvious"We're letting him think there's a big media deathwatch."
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deathwatch, deathwatches, ego, ego-stroking, ego stroker, ego strokers, big up, big ups, bigging up, self-esteem, self-esteem boost, self-esteem booster, self-esteem boosters, deathbed, deathbeds, death bed, death beds, terminal, terminal condition, terminal conditions, sense of importance, importance, inflated, self-worth, egotist, egotists, egotistical, white lie, white lies, lie, liars, liar, good friend, good friends, public figure, public figures, minor celebrity, minor celebrities, status, social status, die, dies, dyingScenes from a successful marriage.
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, lying, honesty, lie, lies, white lie, white lies, liar, liars, happy wife happy life, successful, successful marriage, successful marriages, saying what they want to hear, flattery, bald, balding, hair loss, overweight, weight gain, beauty, body imageA gravestone with an epitaph that reads "Here lies Helayne Spinak - 103 pounds, go prove it."
"If I could take back ninety per cent of the things I say, then I think people would know the real me."
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dishonest, dishonesty, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars, regret, regrets, regretful, regretting, life choices, mistake, mistakes, the real me, the real you, mid life crisis, mid life crises, mid-life crisis, mid-life crises, insomnia, insomniac, insomniacs, overthink, overthinker, overthinking, overthinkers, fake, faker, fakers, white lie, white lies"Well, I had a lovely evening, but now I've got to hurry up ahead and try to lose you on a side street."
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dating, date, dinner date, formal date, first date, bad date, breakup, break up, broken up, broke up, dislike, mismatch, unmatched, uninterested, online dating, blind date, set up, run away, runaway, ditched, stood up, perfect match, singles, single, white lie, white lies, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars, blind date, blind dates, nightmare, nightmares, rejection, rejections, harsh, rejecting, reject, rejects"I'm not going to lie to you. That's what Hendricks is here for."
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lie, lies, lying, dirty work, doing your dirty work, fib, fibs, fibbing, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, ceo, ceos, c.e.o., executive, executives, business executive, business executives, dishonest, dishonesty, liar, liars, lying, white lie, white lies, scapegoat, scapegoats, scapegoating, second in command, chain of command, corporate ladder, corporate culture, career, careers, delegate, delegates, delegating, delegationTruth in Christmas letters
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christmas, christmas tradition, christmas traditions, christmas letter, christmas letters, spin, spins, front, putting on a front, lie, lies, lying, white lies, keeping up appearances, truth, truthful, life difficulties, real life, being real, perfect family, perfect families, happy family, happy familiesSometimes 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, irritating"Never lie to your attorney, Brad. If any lies need to be told I'll tell them."
"Well, if it isn't Douglas Whitson of 'I promise I'll get right back to you' fame."
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unreliable, unreliability, false promise, false promises, lie, lies, lying, liar, liars, blow off, blows off, blowing off, punishments, hell, afterlife, afterlives, eternal damnation, white lie, white lies, bad friend, bad friends, fame, famous, call back, calling back, phone call, phone calls, damned"No, hon, your cooking is great. Hold on - yes, I'd like to order a large pepperoni..."
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