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Quote by Mel Gibson
If you can fake people out, truly, that's the art.
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The speaker calls successfully deceiving people an art. “Fake people out” means making others believe something untrue or misleading. The line presents that ability as a form of skill or performance.
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- The Harvard Crimson
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