"I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them."

People, Hunger, Lying, Misleading

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"I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them."

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