Craig SilveyYou need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say it without flinching. They want to be told stuff. And they don't want to doubt you either. It's too hard.
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We live in a world that is full of fiction. Truth is something far less appealing than fiction, but sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. It helps to remember that people are more ready to believe fiction than the truth. It's hard for people to believe that something like Bigfoot or aliens exist. And it's even harder to accept that their best friend was really a spy or that their company board of directors is secretly plotting against them.
Source: Jasper Jones
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