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Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1981). The Life of the Mind, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1981). The Life of the Mind, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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