Ben GoldacreI think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.
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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that. This is one of those phrases that means different things to different people. It can mean you’ll find I’m not the easiest person in the world to deal with, or I’m not the kind of person who makes things easy because I’m complicated.
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