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If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is.
I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous.
Gentlemen and ladies are sure of their ground. They pretend to nothing that they are not.
I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.
The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.
The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.
I can't pretend to be a teenager, but I feel like I never really stopped being a teenager.
Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.
To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.
I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore.
I'm a big fan of both Linda Bassett and Pam Ferris, but had to pretend I was calm about it.
I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.
We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't.
I don't want to pretend like I'm some intellectual person who understands Flannery O'Connor.
I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.
I'd perform in the mirror; I'd pretend to do interviews. I'd practice my autograph for hours.
There are a lot of people who were born into immense privilege who pretend that they weren't.
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
Men pretend they don't like to be nagged, but they love it, really. It makes them feel wanted.
Dandyism is a lie which reveals the truth, and the truth is that we are what we pretend to be.
I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.
Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys.
There's no way to be a 30-year-old band, go on tour, and pretend the nostalgia isn't happening.
I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned.
A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.
We pretend that the brain is binary, like a computer. But it's not. It's completely holographic.
I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
It's a blessing to stay a child all your life - pretend to be this and that. And get paid for it.
One must be deliberately ignoring reality to pretend that our asylum process is not being abused.
You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.
To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.
Europeans don't like to talk about intelligence, and they often pretend their countries don't spy.
I'm not going to pretend that I am the best thing in their life and they have to be totally loyal.
I will not pretend to be something that I'm not. I certainly won't do it to win the audience over.
I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.
I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.
I would pretend to be the French lieutenant's woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually.
I get to pretend I'm flying into space, and hang out with my friends. That's what I do for a living.
I used to pretend to be an expert on various kinds of music, even if they didn't really interest me.
Ever since I was a kid, this is all I've ever wanted to do. I used to pretend to be a WWE superstar.
I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve.
Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic.
I'm Jewish; I'm not religious at all, and I wouldn't pretend to know anything about Catholic politics.
In the Premier League, they don't give a foul even when it is a foul. We can't dive or pretend things.
For me to pretend I'm the keeper of the small town mentality or that's all I'm interested in is wrong.