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title: "1 Learned Trust Quotes By Lynn Barber"
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> [I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-learned-not-to-trust-people-i-learned-not-to-believe-what-they-say/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

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## More by Lynn Barber

> [What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/what-did-i-get-from-simon-an-education-the-thing-my-parents-always/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [I don't want to give a cool appraisal of Jeremy Irons. I just want to boil him in oil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-don-t-want-to-give-a-cool-appraisal-of-jeremy-irons-i-just-want-to/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-learned-not-to-trust-people-i-learned-not-to-believe-what-they-say/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [“I suspect this is always the way with conmen: they don’t even have to construct a whole story, their victims fill in the gaps,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-suspect-this-is-always-the-way-with-conmen-they-don-t-even-have-to/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [“...Everything I had learned or assimilated from my parents I now regarded as unreliable, and needing to be rethought from scratch. In fact, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/everything-i-had-learned-or-assimilated-from-my-parents-i-now/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [I just think I'm fairly aggressive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-just-think-i-m-fairly-aggressive/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [“...I’m never exactly a slave to facts at the best of times. But does it matter? Who owns memories after all?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-m-never-exactly-a-slave-to-facts-at-the-best-of-times-but-does-it/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [“I was just not cut out to be an American journalist. In England, I could phone my editor and say 'Do you want an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-was-just-not-cut-out-to-be-an-american-journalist-in-england-i/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-have-freedom-but-freedom-means-total-selfishness-it-means-nobody/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [“I think people who try to run their marriages according to other people's expectations are insane. It is quite hard enough to keep a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/i-think-people-who-try-to-run-their-marriages-according-to-other/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/the-best-interviews-like-the-best-biographies-should-sing-the/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [“If I could communicate only by words on a page, how much more satisfactory I would be!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/if-i-could-communicate-only-by-words-on-a-page-how-much-more/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [But perhaps this is what goes wrong with long marriages--you state your opinions, your likes and dislikes, at the beginning and then forget to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/but-perhaps-this-is-what-goes-wrong-with-long-marriages-you-state/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

> [“People say you shouldn't marry for looks but I disagree: if I tot up all the pleasure I got from looking at David over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-barber/people-say-you-shouldn-t-marry-for-looks-but-i-disagree-if-i-tot-up/)

[Lynn Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-barber/)

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