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If someone thinks he says everything, he is inevitably selective. If I were to ask him to tell me what he did yesterday, he might say: "I got up at nine, I had breakfast at half past ten, coffee and scrambled eggs with bacon, then I went to my club" - and so on. He wouldn't say, for example, "I tore my nail and had to cut it. I asked for hot water to shave. I spilled a drop of coffee on the tablecloth. I brushed off my hat and put it on my head." We can't tell you everything, so we choose.

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If someone thinks he says everything, he is inevitably selective. If I were to ask him to tell me what he did yesterday, he might say: "I got up at nine, I had breakfast at half past ten, coffee and scrambled eggs with bacon, then I went to my club" - and so on. He wouldn't say, for example, "I tore my nail and had to cut it. I asked for hot water to shave. I spilled a drop of coffee on the tablecloth. I brushed off my hat and put it on my head." We can't tell you everything, so we choose.

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Hungarian

"Ha valaki azt hiszi, mindent elmond, akkor is óhatatlanul válogat. Ha most arra kérném, mondja el, mit csinált tegnap, esetleg azt felelné: "Kilenckor keltem föl, fél tízkor reggeliztem, kávét és szalonnás rántottát, aztán elmentem a klubomba" - és így tovább. Nem mondaná el például: "Beszakítottam a körmömet, és le kellett vágnom. Meleg vizet kértem a borotválkozáshoz. Kilöttyentetettem az abroszra egy csepp kávét. Lekeféltem a kalapomat, és a fejemre tettem." Nem tudunk mindent elmondani, ezért válogatunk."

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