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Something Our Parents Would Say Fox Smells His Own Hole · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Those things. You know, those things that we say. It's
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  Speaker 1: usually our family and friends. It comes from out of nowhere.
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  Speaker 1: And only sometimes we actually know what they're saying. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: and how. Some of those old sayings and phrases are
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  Speaker 1: not only ancient, but they still carry a powerful punch today.
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  Speaker 1: Something our parents would say. My name is Arrow. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to love this one. Fox smells his own hole.
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  Speaker 1: It's an old proverb whose exact origin, it's uncertain. Yet,
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  Speaker 1: it has appeared in English and Middle Eastern traditions. Fox
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  Speaker 1: smells his own hole is simple. It pretty much paints
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  Speaker 1: the image of people who are quick to recognize or
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  Speaker 1: accuse others of their own faults. One good example is
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  Speaker 1: verbally suspecting someone is cheating, lying, or stealing. It reveals
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  Speaker 1: something about their own pattern. Fox Smells His Own Hole
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  Speaker 1: has many spinoff comparisons, such as The Guilty Dog Barks First,
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  Speaker 1: It Takes One to Know One, or how about this one?
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  Speaker 1: Every Accusation is a Confession. Dun, dun, dun, dun. It
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  Speaker 1: actually affects the way people think. Are we projecting our
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  Speaker 1: fears onto others? Do we judge by our standards? This
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  Speaker 1: calling or projection, it is a tendency that is attributed
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  Speaker 1: to our own universal thoughts and feelings toward others. Fox
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  Speaker 1: smells his own hole. You know what? Here's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: The fox actually does smell its own den because it's
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  Speaker 1: endlessly searching for the most peaceful place to lay down,
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  Speaker 1: And it doesn't stink. It's actually smelling its own hole.
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to your life, does the fox smell
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  Speaker 1: its own hole? Hmm. It's something our parents would say.
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  Speaker 1: My name is Arrow.