“Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.”

— Tim Allen

As quoted in Land Your Dream Job : High-Performance Techniques to Get Noticed, Get Hired, and Get Ahead (2007) by John Middleton, Ken Langdon, and Nikki Cartwright

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American actor, voiceover artist and comedian 1953

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