Its not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of itbut tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying.
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About Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein was a 20th-century American author and engineer. Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth