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Never judge a book by its cover..

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  • 05-01-2016 1:29am
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    Caoimhgh1n
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    Are you prone to judging books, and people by their covers?

    If so, are you usually right?


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    Bigus
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    Yes and yes 9/10


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    The Backwards Man
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    I'm a great judge of character, and you're the best Mickey Mouse I've ever seen :)


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    RayM
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    "My father said, 'Never judge a book by its cover'. It proved an unpopular opening gambit for his keynote speech at the national conference of illustrators, designers and marketing executives from the publishing industry." - Stewart Lee


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    [Deleted User]
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    Caoimhgh1n wrote: »
    Are you prone to judging books, and people by their covers?

    If so, are you usually right?

    When I was younger I often judged people based purely on something superficial. Not anymore. Life has taught me that there is often a hell of a lot more going on inside a person than how they appear. I am often right in my estimation of a person but that doesn't come from the old judging a book by it's cover mentality.The kind of work I do requires me to be very sharp at reading people. It's intuition.

    What about you Op? Is it something you do?


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    the_pen_turner
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    i absolutely hate that phrase.
    total crap . how else do you judge a book. only by its cover. the purpose of the cover is to give you a brief overview so that you can make your mind up whether to read it.


    as for people . yes I do judge people by their cover (in this case its their actions when I first meet them)
    my judgement is usually right. iv very rarely met someone who acted like a horrible person but wasn't.


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    Caoimhgh1n
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    When I was younger I often judged people based purely on something superficial. Not anymore. Life has taught me that there is often a hell of a lot more going on inside a person than how they appear. I am often right in my estimation of a person but that doesn't come from the old judging a book by it's cover mentality.The kind of work I do requires me to be very sharp at reading people. It's intuition.

    What about you Op? Is it something you do?

    Yes, I am trying to get out of the habit.


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    Stheno
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    IN the field I work in I get regular client evaluations and generally they match what I think they will say!


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    One eyed Jack
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    Caoimhgh1n wrote: »
    Are you prone to judging books, and people by their covers?

    If so, are you usually right?


    Books I judge by their cover all the time, just take a look around any book store or library and I'm usually spot on.

    People, of course I judge them on how they look, and usually I'm fairly spot on about that too.


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    SteelyDanJalapeno
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    Stheno wrote: »
    IN the field I work in I get regular client evaluations and generally they match what I think they will say!

    AND WOULD YOU GET MUCH WORK OUT IN THIS FIELD?


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    Stheno
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    TiltedBrain wrote: »
    AND WOULD YOU GET MUCH WORK OUT IN THIS FIELD?

    Eh yeah, pretty much booked up from now until April


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    The Backwards Man
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    I'm out standing in my field


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    Permabear
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