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You can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter…

Posted on29/07/2013AuthorEclectic Moose2 Comments

I started this blog post a while back when I first heard the expression “you can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter”. It got me thinking about all the ways (as human beings) we delude ourselves and others, so much so Read More …

CategoriesBusiness, General, Health, Politics, Psychology, SocietyTagsdelusion, ignorance, perpetuating, self delusion, Turd

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