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The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.
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Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.'
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To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.
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A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It's not easy once you're out of the habit.
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There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Dashiell Hammett
Born:
May 27, 1894
Died:
January 10, 1961
(aged 66)
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