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Sentence #667912

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 Horus Horus January 20, 2015 January 20, 2015 at 1:57:32 PM UTC link Permalink

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

added by CK, December 15, 2010
➜ #2742897Сначала обзаведитесь фактами, а потом можете их искажать сколько угодно.

linked by shanghainese, September 16, 2013
➜ #3358189Prima ottieni i tuoi fatti, e poi distorcili quanto ti pare.

linked by Guybrush88, July 4, 2014
➜ #3358191Prima ottenete i vostri fatti, e poi distorceteli quanto vi pare.

linked by Guybrush88, July 4, 2014
➜ #3358192Prima ottenga i suoi fatti, e poi li distorca quanto le pare.

linked by Guybrush88, July 4, 2014
➜ #2951703

linked by CK, October 6, 2014
➜ #1335120Man muss die Tatsachen kennen, bevor man sie verdrehen kann.

linked by Horus, January 20, 2015
➜ #10744110Primeiro, apure os fatos e depois distorça-os como quiser.

linked by Cangarejo, March 29, 2022