"My mentor once told me" — What It Really Means

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"My mentor once told me"

What they really mean

I'm making up a quote and attributing it to a vague authority figure

"My mentor once told me: 'The best time to start was yesterday. The second best time is now.' That changed everything."

"No one told me this. I saw it on Instagram. But 'my mentor' sounds more impressive than '@motivationquotes247'."

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It was absolutely a failure

Our original idea failed catastrophically

We made an app for something that already works fine

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