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Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.


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Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.



Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.

Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.



Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.

Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.



Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.

Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.



The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.

The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.



America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.



If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.



Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.

Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play.



Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?



If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women.

If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women.





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There is nothing like taking someone's breath away.

There is nothing like taking someone's breath away.



True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man.

True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man.



I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.

I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.



A bacteriologist is a man whose conversation always start with the germ of an idea.

A bacteriologist is a man whose conversation always start with the germ of an idea.



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And if you stop and think about it you won't believe it's true: That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you.

And if you stop and think about it you won't believe it's true: That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you.



Angels cannot preach the gospel, only beings such as Paul and you and I can preach the gospel.

Angels cannot preach the gospel, only beings such as Paul and you and I can preach the gospel.



It has often been said that [...] the Japanese [are] geniuses at taking foreign ideas and adding a unique finishing touch.

It has often been said that [...] the Japanese [are] geniuses at taking foreign ideas and adding a unique finishing touch.



And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.

And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.




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