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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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A Lie is only a Lie

“A lie is only effective, if you don’t get caught.”

You can live a life, not knowing the truth. But at the same time, you think you know everything, and all is fine but really you are just clueless. Some people could argue that a lie is only a lie and it is no big deal. Then there are others, who once they have been lied to, will have a hard time trusting people ever again.
“A lie is only effective, if you don’t get caught.”

Lies, similar to bullets. A mouth, similar to a gun barrel. A bullet can be shot out of the barrel, so quickly and without thought. And before you know it, you’ve been hit. Forever will you have the bullet buried deep in your heart, no matter how hard to try and how far you dig; you will never get it out.
“A lie is only effective, if you don’t get caught.”

I have been shot down and hit by so many, I’ve lost all fight and strength that I once had. It is true; a lie is only effective, if you don’t get caught. Unfortunately, my friends did not know the playing field, nor did they know how to use there weapons of bullets and guns. I know sit here, knowing there secrets, what they say, and what they do, how they get there way.
“A lie is only effective, if you don’t get caught.”
But when you get caught and believe me you will, all I can say is I wont be there sticking up for you, watching your back, why should I when you never watched mine? Its all karma ladies, its just the way it goes. So you want a friend? Find one who you know won’t catch you.
“A lie is only effective, if you don’t get caught.”

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