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The danger is that jargon deludes both the speaker and the audience.

Cutting through the jargon 2009

The danger is that jargon deludes both the speaker and the audience.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

The danger is that jargon deludes both the speaker and the audience.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

"Whoever deludes the Palestinians into thinking that they can establish a state unilaterally, without negotiations, is diminishing the chances for peace," said Danny Ayalon, Israel's deputy foreign minister.

Palestine Leader Tilts at September Statehood Richard Boudreaux 2011

Bit deludes himself that he knows me or can read my mind.

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There are two significant ways in which this fixation on passion as a prerequisite for success in business is seriously damaging: it deludes new and potential entrepreneurs into believing that if only they can find their 'true north', then their business venture will surely succeed; and it is hijacking or at least hobbling the development of serious leaders with genuine depth.

Les McKeown: Stop Trying to Find Your Passion and Get to Work Les McKeown 2011

There are two significant ways in which this fixation on passion as a prerequisite for success in business is seriously damaging: it deludes new and potential entrepreneurs into believing that if only they can find their 'true north', then their business venture will surely succeed; and it is hijacking or at least hobbling the development of serious leaders with genuine depth.

Les McKeown: Stop Trying to Find Your Passion and Get to Work Les McKeown 2011

I think anyone who puts his dog in a cage on top of a car for a 12-hour drive and then deludes himself or tries to delude others that the dog really enjoyed it -- to me, with all due respect, I feel such a man shouldn't be president of the United States.

Lanny Davis: Romney's "Dog on Car Roof Story" Won't Go Away Lanny Davis 2012

DeNiro's reaction is a double denial: he's trying not to laugh at Harvey, and his character cannot abide being mistaken for a cop; he's not, but he deludes himself, his parents and Iris that he's on secret mission for the government.

Travis&Jared Jack Nelson 2011

The troll deludes himself that his comments are “dissent.”

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