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LEO: You don’t mean to lie. But sometimes, you exaggerate when you tell stories. You dramatize everything to make it sound more exciting.

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Last night I ran 3.33 miles under a lunar eclipse.

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Understand that we all lie. We lie to each other and we lie to ourselves.

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I’ve acted like it was no big deal when a text took an hour to reach my phone — even though I was pacing the room the entire time, wondering whether I said something wrong.

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I’m good at finding holes in stories. I’m good at recognizing when things don’t add up. If you are lying straight to my face, it’s only a matter of time until those lies get unraveled. 

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Why would someone so talented, so accomplished, and so good looking go to such extremes for more attention and more money

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i no longer know how to write about you.

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He will often show signs of anger or aggression. And his overall tone will be negative.

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Even with all the information we have about how to spot a liar, the other major question remains: why do people lie in the first place?

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He clears his throat a lot. This mainly buys him time to plan out his lie and make it as accurate and convincing as possible.