"Spin' is a polite word for deception. Spinners mislead by means that range from subtle omissions to outright lies. Spin paints a false picture of reality by bending facts, mischaracterizing the words of others, ignoring or denying crucial evidence, or just 'spinning a yarn' - by making things up."

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Source : Brooks Jackson, Kathleen Hall Jamieson (2007). “unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation”, p.7, Random House

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

#Lying Quotes #Mean Quotes #Reality Quotes

“I was in New York and I walked into this pet store and came out with a dog.”
“It's important to feel and to be connected to your emotions, whichever way they play out.”
“I've been forgotten by our Good Lord.”
“Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it.”

Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.79, Vintage
“I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something.”

Source : J. P. Donleavy (2010). “The Ginger Man”, p.149, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Girls get competitive, as though there's only one spot in the world for everything _ but that's not true. We need to stick together and see there's more to life than pleasing men. It's important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other.”
“This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget - the beatings, the selling, the killings, but I don't think I ever forgive the ignorance they kept us in.”
“Being 'Johnny' was almost like an out of body experience. I thought he was just a character that I'd created and could quite easily step away from, but it was much more difficult than that.”

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