Doing a little work around the house. I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I'd be the only one who knew. People come over and I'm gonna say, 'Go ahead, touch it...it feels real.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker covered real brick with fake brick wallpaper just to know a secret no one else knows.
- In plain terms
- Hiding a fake surface to keep a secret.
- What can you take from it?
- Knowledge is often about trivial secrets.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we keep small secrets?
- What is real versus fake?
Another view
The motivation is purely trivial and pointless.
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