true colors

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“At least if she’d gone around poisoning people, she’d have been showing her true colors. Instead, she’s sneaky about it, trying to make everyone believe she’s one kind of person when she’s really another. I mean, yay that no sandwiches were poisoned. But just because she’s not actively hurting people doesn’t mean she’s not causing harm. She steps on other people to make herself feel bigger. That’s bad too.”

From Literature

But just as Rubio revealed his true colors on his first stop after Munich, AOC made what could turn out to be her most enduring impression after the conference as well.

From Slate

Billy Steinberg, who wrote the lyrics to some of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s — including Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” and Heart’s “Alone” — died Monday at his home in Brentwood.

From Los Angeles Times

With Kelly, Steinberg scored four more No. 1s on the Hot 100: “True Colors,” Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional,” the Bangles’ “Eternal Flame” and “Alone.”

From Los Angeles Times

She gave her first performance at the age of six, singing Cyndi Lauper's notoriously tricky True Colors at a school show.

From BBC