{"quotes":[{"text":"Truthful hyperbole’ is a contradiction in terms. It’s a way of saying, ‘It’s a lie, but who cares?’.","author":"Tony Schwartz","tags":["alternative-facts","compulsive-liar","contradiction","contradictory","deceit","donald-trump","donald-trump","grandiosity","hyperbole","liar","lies","lying","lying-to-others","pathological-liar","self-aggrandizing","self-deception","truthful-hyperbole"],"id":34486,"author_id":"Tony+Schwartz"},{"text":"Lying is second nature to him... More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true.","author":"Tony Schwartz","tags":["alternative-facts","believing-one-s-own-lies","compulsive-liar","compulsive-lying","deceit","donald-trump","donald-trump","lies-we-tell-ourselves","lying","lying-to-ourselves","lying-to-yourself","pathological-liar","self-deception","trump"],"id":154263,"author_id":"Tony+Schwartz"},{"text":"Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["agenda","bad-influence","compulsive-liar","controlling","craftsman","deception","destruction","dishonest","influence","lies","manipulation","media","mislead","slander","speak","true"],"id":160209,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I am smiling a big adopted-orphan smile as I write this ... I still love scribbling the word - WRITER - any time on a form, questionnaire, document asks for my occupation. Fine, I write personality quizzes, I don't write about the Great Issues of the Day, but I think it's fair to say I am a writer ... ('Adopted-orphan smile', I mean, that's not bad, come on.).","author":"Gillian Flynn","tags":["compulsive-liar","compulsive-lying","crazy-bitch","ego","egotistical","fantasy","liar","lie","lies","out-of-touch-with-reality","pretending","reality","self-righteous","smile","smiling","superiority-complex","vain","vainity","wannabe","wannabewriter","writer","writing"],"id":399505,"author_id":"Gillian+Flynn"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":4,"pages":1}}