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    Cause and Effect

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    were words to live by then the whole world would be in trouble. Living in this imperfect world‚ we are surrounded by people who lie and who have an infatuation with lying. There is nothing that you can do to stop it. It is a natural human behavior to keep yourself out of trouble‚ and lying to protect yourself is a tool that everyone uses. Most of the time they are little white lies that are used casually‚ not to hurt others’ feelings‚ but occasionally people get caught up in their own web of lies. This

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    Olivia Cousins Roosevelt English 101 Essay 02 Lies are complicated things. They can range from a little white lie to lies which can create a web of deception that can produce a noose that chokes you‚ binding you very move you make. However‚ the nature of a lie is dependent on the individual who tells it. For example‚ the retelling of events is often skewed because of personal perspectives. As Mr. O’Brien states‚ a true war story is never believable. One example

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    In life I believe that honesty is the best policy and the truth will set you free always. For some people being honest and forthright is a hard battle‚ and some people lie constantly and it is not a good trait to develop. Some people lie day in and day out and I know that the truth always comes out. No matter how much you try and hide it. There will always be a way that someone finds out. There comes a time where no one will believe in you anymore‚ the trust and respect will be gone. Once you start

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    Living A Lie

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    LIVING A LIE The controversial decision of Armand’s parents to keep his true identity from him until into his adulthood was wrong and drastically altered his mindset. Armand was raised with racial preferences and prejudices during all of his formative years and this taught him to believe that he was superior to other types of people. He developed a certain attitude in his personality where his thoughts‚ actions‚ and beliefs were ingrained with tradition and influenced by society. Armand’s parents

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    from one another in age‚ gender‚ and case-but they are very much alike in the sense that they both chose to lie. The word lie is such a harmless‚ three-lettered-word‚ right? Wrong. Lying is something that is both overlooked morally and figuratively. Regardless of what extent one chooses to lie‚ they are still in the wrong. I feel as though there is no “grey area” in terms of telling a lie; there is truth‚ and then there is untruth. With this being said‚ I consider all of deception‚ self-deception

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    The Concept of Honesty

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    argues with him‚ a lot. I often ask him why he does not just lie to appease her‚ make her happy so that he no longer has to hear her yell at him. His answer is always the same: “That wouldn’t be very honest of me‚ would it?” “I guess it wouldn’t‚ but at least you’d be out of the doghouse‚ right?” “Until she finds out that I lied to her in the first place. All lies come back to you in one way or the other‚ I can promise you that. And that lie‚ that betrayal‚ hurts much more than me simply telling her

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    Why Is Lying Bad

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    Make Lies Not War “A growing body of research shows that people lie constantly‚ that deception is pervasive in everyday life. One study found that people tell two to three lies every 10 minutes‚ and even conservative estimates indicate that we lie at least once a day”(Boser). Lying is something people do every day but where do people draw line on when lying is ok. Lying is considered by most a morally wrong thing to do because of the negative effects. However‚ there are many times when lying has

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    Definition of Cheating

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    in our rationality to tell when the timing is right to cheat or lie? In our everyday lives we are all guilty of cheating in one way or another. If we were to define cheating solely by the definition provided above then we are all guilty of cheating for every little white lie we have told‚ guilty of cheating every time we play “hookie” from work and so on. For me to personally define cheating it would not be for those little white lies we tell to save face or stave off embarrassment‚ or for those

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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 Abigail tries to cover up the girls dancing in the forest

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    Your Fired!

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    You’re Fired! People are fired all over the world today for many reasons. Some of those reasons are out of the hands of the person‚ but many of the reasons that people get fired are in control of the person being fired. I will be covering a few of the most common reasons people get fired with hopes to stop further firings. The number one reason people are fired from their jobs is due to being absent or tardy repeatedly. In my experience as a store manager of a retail business‚ being

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