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“Lying is too much trouble. You have to make sure to taste each word before letting it off your tongue. I hate that. It's hard enough making people understand without lying.” quote by Jonathan Carroll — Download Open image

“Lying is too much trouble. You have to make sure to taste each word before letting it off your tongue. I hate that. It's hard enough making people understand without lying.”

Jonathan Carroll

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Enough Hard Hate I hate Lying People Taste Tongue Too much Trouble

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