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I exaggerate.<\/p>\n

I take things too much further.<\/p>\n

When I talked about Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)<\/a>,<\/p>\n

I said, among other things:
\n„do one of the best acts a human being could ever make: laugh”<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

„After just going through a horrible mind-blowing experience, she takes from the unsuspecting happy people that surround her the joy: she laughs. She loves life. She\u2019s happily living in the present. The laughs that change the world. She changes reality. Nothing is the same. She has a tough life, she\u2019s hit and none of this exists in her: she laughs.”<\/p>\n

I exaggerated.<\/p>\n

There was no laughter in the movie. Cabiria smiles, she cries, but she doesn’t laugh.<\/p>\n

At times, I exaggerate in other things.<\/p>\n

It helps me convey an idea, bring up a specific point.<\/p>\n

By exaggerating, I can have some emotion,<\/p>\n

Manipulate, if I must,<\/p>\n

Change the truth for a good story.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever let the truth get in the way of a good story.\u201d \u2015 Mark Twain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Mark Twain never said this.<\/p>\n

Who cares? It’s a good story to believe.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, I make approximations.<\/p>\n

The thing is, I tend to approximate too much.<\/p>\n

I remember one time,<\/p>\n

In 1997, I approximated a place in Constan\u021ba<\/p>\n

(Colegiul Na\u021bional Mircea cel B\u0103tr\u00e2n, I think)<\/p>\n

Near Tomis Store.<\/p>\n

The thing is, according to Google Maps, the distance between these points is around 450 meters. Not that close.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, it’s good to have an obsession,<\/p>\n

To be a bit of a maniac<\/a>,<\/p>\n

But, there are obvious downsides to all of this.<\/p>\n

Or, calling this piece of text a poem<\/p>\n

Can be a vast exaggeration in itself.<\/p>\n

I exaggerate, of course.<\/p>\n

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