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skip fox

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4. "The way to get the upper hand in a conversation is to look directly
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 03:33 PM
Jul 2013

into your opponent's eyes and imagine you see them undergoing indescribable torture and a horrendously bloody and painful death. . . . Then you can pretty much say anything you want without being shy or self-conscious. . . . I use this with everyone, and it's always served me well. . . .Well, except with my wife . . . and my kids . . . and the friends I didn't have to pay to say around."

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