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The speaker is saying that interview answers are often shaped by self-consciousness. People may avoid certain honest thoughts because they fear sounding pretentious, overly emotional, or vaguely spiritual. The quote points to the gap between what someone thinks and what they are willing to say out loud.
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Originally said in English.
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