I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness and innuendo. We do this and expect others to do it, yet at the same time we profess to long for the plain truth, for people to say what they mean, simple as that. Such hypocrisy is a human universal.
You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.
I don't believe that saying things because you feel they are what people want to hear is the right way to be in any part of your life.
It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.
When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.
I'm used to being told what to say, but not what to think... that's usually left up to me.
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
Sometimes, we feel like we don't want to offend people, but there are times that we need to express ourselves without fear that somebody is going to shut us down simply because we have differing opinions. That's how we grow.
People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
It becomes obvious when people are sincere in their criticism and when they're not. I've learned over time that people will always have something to say.
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