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    Selfishness and Lies

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    We all have the same needs: food‚ shelter‚ love‚ acceptance‚ support‚ etc. but little do we know that the difference between groups is minor compared to the similarities we all share. One of our many similarities is behavior including: selfishness‚ and the act of believing what we want to believe; one may analyze this among reading “The Other Wife” by Colette and “War” by Luigi Pirandello. It is our instinct to try and best each other‚ even in times of great communal strife as well as silencing others

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    How to Detect Lies

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    Detecting Lies: The following techniques to telling if someone is lying are often used by police‚ and security experts. This knowledge is also useful for managers‚ employers‚ and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and other deceptions. Warning: Sometimes Ignorance is bliss; after gaining this knowledge‚ you may be hurt when it is obvious that someone is lying to you. Signs of Deception: Body Language

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    forming lies one’s life becomes a lie. The plot that lies can change whom a person is becomes a heavily displayed in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucibles‚ by creating Abigail Williams he demonstrates how her decisions build up and result in her destruction. He does this by creating a domino effect causing her loose her home‚ her morals‚ and her name. With the intention to save her own life‚ Abigail forms a lie that escalates and thrusts the community in paranoia. Abigail’s lie spawns more lies. She

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    Lies In The Crucible Essay

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    The Crucible is a great example of how even the slightest of lies can have great and everlasting consequences. Often time a simple white lie expands as the creator has to cover it up with more lies and deceit until this little white lie has turned into a gargantuan monster that can cause chaos and destruction in the lives of those around them. This is shown in The Crucible when

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    Renzini Brothers Lies

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    Koestler once said‚ “Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion” (Koestler). This quote represents The Benzini Brothers in full force. The hard truth is that the bright and unique shows many pay to see is nothing but a devious scandal‚ full of lies. The Benzini Brothers’ circus appears glamorous and exciting‚ even magical at times‚ but in reality the enchantment of the circus is all a fabrication for what the workers actually live through. Lying and deceitfulness is a skill that The Benzini Brothers’

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    telling lies is not a sin

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    I Totally Agree   Lying is something that has to be done depending on the situation. Everyone lies or has lied. So what is the big deal about lying. I don’t understand how people can say "Lying is never the right thing‚" because everyone lies ! I lie‚ you Lie‚ we all lie! Yes‚ unfortunately‚ there are times when you have to lie to do the right thing.   I do not condone lying‚ but there are times when a white lie is needed to get by. Working as a street medic‚ there are times when I have to tell a

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    Psychology Behind Lies

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    people. Some studies‚ which included only teenagers for evaluating percentage of lying/dishonesty‚ revealed that 50% lied about issues related to money‚ and 83% lied to their parents. Why do People Lie in Relationships? The reasons behind the lies people tell each other in relationships are so many‚ and so varied‚ that if one were to recount each of them‚ it would make a huge tome. Underpinning the motives for lying in a relationship is the fact that people do it when they cheat; they have

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    Sex‚ Lies and Conversation Deborah Tannen The thesis statement in Deborah Tannen essay is “This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wrecking havoc with marriage.” Her essay is based on finding reasons why men and women have such a big problems in communication. In my opinion she succeeded in giving us basic reasons of our differences between men. The first reason

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    Sex Lies and Videotapes

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    “Sex‚ lies and videotapes” is an excellent movie that portrays the conflict between four characters regarding sex issues. It was made by Stephen Soderbergh in 1989. The core of the movie is when Ann (one of the protagonist) realizes that her husband was cheating on her with her sister (Cynthia). Even though she is a victim‚ Ann is a fetishist‚ since she desires sex in her unconscioness. The first element is the energy that she is posses through out the movie. Second‚ the way she denies sex as a prohibit

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    Lies In Huckleberry Finn

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    Lies in the Literature Lying is an everyday part of life that is used positively and negatively‚ but the use of either has strong moral consequence. In Mark Twains classic‚ “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”‚ many examples of lies are used for the protection of characters and for the greed evil men. In the case of Huck‚ the mental toll of lying took a lot out of him‚ and would shape the course of the adventures that lied ahead. In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”‚ Huck uses multiple bad

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