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I don't pretend to anything more than harmony. — Anatoly Karpov

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. — Sun Tzu

Tonight, can we just pretend that you want me too? — N'Zuri Za Austin

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me. — Roy Lichtenstein

Animals have one thing that puts them way ahead of people: they don't dissemble, and you don't have to pretend in front of them. — Ivan Klima

We are all broken, we human creatures, and to pretend we're not is to inhibit healing. — Madeleine L'Engle

If you're already a front-end developer, well, pretend you're also wearing a pirate hat. — Ethan Marcotte

My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretend
that all's certain and good, that the marriage won't end. — Anne Sexton

Most people love you for who you pretend to be. — Jim Morrison

Tonight I'll dust myself off, tonight I'll suck my gut in, I'll face the night and I'll pretend I got something to believe in. — Jon Bon Jovi

And you don't have to care, so don't pretend. Nobody needs a best fake friend. — James Bay

Don't pretend to comfort me, my friend.
I might also pretend to not let you down. — Toba Beta

Filth!' Ignatious shouted, spewing wet popcorn over rows. 'How dare she pretend to be a virgin. Look at her degenerate face. Rape her! — John Kennedy Toole

Fake it until you make it. Pretend to be somebody until that somebody turns into you. — Steven Tyler

always close by when you're in a tight squeeze.
Dn't let the sun set on a quarrel with a pard.
A good pard will at least pretend — Texas Bix Bender

Why did you find me? Why did you date my best friend? Why did you pretend to be my friend? — Stormy Smith

Pretend I am as capable as a man? Please, sir, do not value me so little! — Kerri Maniscalco

Our civilizations do not cause us to clash. No, our clashing allows us to pretend we belong to civilizations. — Mohsin Hamid

Be honest and don't pretend you're not falling truly, madly, and deeply for this guy. Denial will get you in trouble. — David Levithan

Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is. — Terry Brooks

Nobody knows what they're doing here, so why do so many pretend they do? — Marty Rubin

I tried to pretend that I was sitting in the stands with a buddy watching the game - poking him in the ribs when something exciting happened. — Curt Gowdy

If I was going to pretend to be the supermom next door, it would've been counterfeit and a lie. I figured I had to write something out of a new place. — Sandra Tsing Loh

Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it. — Catherynne M Valente

In 1998, I was trained by the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army ] in London how to pretend to be a geologist. — Kola Boof

Pretend long enough that you belong, and eventually even you will believe it. - Gallen — Mercedes Lackey

And as we pretend to be brave, we become so. All — Pierce Brown

Maybe you hit Delete by accident?" Penny asked. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just suggest that," Max said. — E.C. Myers

I like staying in hotels. I like their tiny soap. I like to pretend it's regular-sized and my muscles are huge. — Jerry Seinfeld

I have always been quite good at falling in love, but I don't pretend to know anything about literal happily ever afters. — Jennifer Harrison

You could pretend at anytime,
but please not when laughing. — Toba Beta

Deciding denial was the better part of valor, CK pretended nothing was out of the ordinary. — Judy Teel

Are we gonna talk about it, or are we gonna pretend nothing's wrong? — Jodi Picoult

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand ... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing. — Anton Chekhov

To pretend is to know oneself. — Fernando Pessoa

Let's not pretend you were some innocent little lamb," he scowls. "You gladly swallowed my cock. — Nina G. Jones

Suit yourself, but don't pretend you would have done any better. There are only so many options a man has when he's about to lose everything. — J. Keller Ford

It's very early in the market. I don't want to pretend I know exactly how this rolls out. But there's been an enormous amount of interest. — Joel Klein

The rest of us have monsters too, but we must call them by other names, or pretend they don't exist... — Margaret Millar

I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want. — Darcey Steinke

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am. — Thomas Carlyle

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. — Marya Mannes

Maybe it was time to at least pretend to be a nicer person than i knew i was — Sue Grafton

Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you are kidding. — Lemony Snicket

You were meant for more than me, and I'll die fighting to give it to you. But please don't ask me to pretend it's easy. — Leigh Bardugo

I smell wet pavement, and pretend that this is all there is. — Veronica Roth

I don't pretend to see the path, but I know it's there all the same. One day, we'll look back and wonder how we ever missed it. — Peter V. Brett

Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth. — Malcolm Gladwell

You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there. — Janet McTeer

Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision. — Anna Wintour

No one wants to die alone, even though that's how it happens to all of us, even though we pretend there's some other ways. — James Frey

We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds. — John Irving

Don't pretend to ask for advice when you're looking for vindication. — Michael Alvear

She says you can't pretend you have nothing when you have so much. — Caroline Kepnes

He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better than his real life. — Sherman Alexie

Pedantry is properly the over-rating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. — Jonathan Swift

We are not perfect human beings, nor do we have to pretend to be, but it is necessary for us to be the best version of ourselves we can be. — Satsuki Shibuya

If I could be alone, I would. Gratefully. I'd rather be alone than have to pretend I'm okay. — Katja Millay

All your life you pretend to be someone else, and it turns out that you were someone else pretending to be you. — Robert Breault

Pretend that I ain't in fact/Coming off like a thin hat/Where strong wind at — Elzhi

Because I know. Grown-up white men don't want to pretend to be anything else. Not even for a minute. — Alice Walker

The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one. — Margaret Atwood

I was always a 'let's pretend' kind of kid. — Lynn Flewelling

You think I pretend weakness?"
She nodded. "Not weakness, but you like to let others think they're in control, when it's you. — Kady Cross

They do not expect the north to believe their lies, not truly, but they think we must pretend to believe or die. — George R R Martin

I hate that, when people pretend to be asking questions, but they've already decided what the answers are." I — Elizabeth Buhmann

It's like pretending to be Santa and then stabbing someone with a candy cane! — Ellery Adams

No vice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of this assumed resemblance. — Jean De La Bruyere

God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form. — Mark Hart

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists. — Gene Tierney

The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it. — Wellington Mara

I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to. — Holly Black

I hate how we never get out chance to see how things could've turned out. I hate how I know I'm not over you yet I pretend to be. — Drake

You are what you pretend to be so you better pretend something good. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I pretend I'm fighting to live in the present but really I'm having an affair with the past every secret moment. — Jillian Lauren

Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend. — Kat Dennings

This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos. — Dave Eggers

I have a rule: Pretend you're going on a trip for two weeks, and pull what you'd wear on that two-week trip, and get rid of everything else. — Jamie Lee Curtis

In the search for an author [of Hebrews] we are virtually stumbling over Priscilla. No longer is it feasible to pretend she isn't there. — Ruth Hoppin

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog. — Douglas Coupland

It's hard to pretend you're OK. Especially when you're all by urself, alone. :'( — Marlon Roxas

I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything ... and then make something ... — Keith Haring

...what I want is you panting when I thrust into you, and screaming for more, begging me to fuck you harder. Can you pretend for me?"

~Zane — Tina Folsom

Careful, boy," rumbled Gwyn. "You have your Laws and we have ours. The difference is only that we do not pretend ours are not cruel. — Cassandra Clare

I've heard if you pretend long enough - or maybe wish hard enough - faking normal becomes real. I'm counting on that. Until then, I'll carry on. — Ann Aguirre

I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are. — Madeleine L'Engle

You've always tried to pretend you don't need anyone, Tash, but you do. We all do. So just let me be there for you. -Sophie — Julia Llewellyn Smith

I can't reasonably pretend to be a transparent and omniscient narrator who brings no personal perspective. That person doesn't exist. — Molly Crabapple

I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone. — Diane Setterfield

The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences. — Johann Lamont

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return. — Thomas Piketty

Pretend you're good at it." It seemed too simple, but it was all I had so I scrawled the words on my arm and repeated it as a mantra. — Jenny Lawson

A question that always haunts me. Why can't people just be real? It's easier being real than pretend being real. Give yourself a chance. — Manasa Rao

I was originally set to star in 'The Bourne Identity,' but I found it too difficult to even pretend to forget who I was. — Zach Braff

If I don't hear the words out loud, then I can almost pretend it didn't happen ... almost — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words? — Martin Freeman

It is better to love truly at seventeen than pretend at thirty. — Rom Amor

Poker is war. People pretend it is a game."
~Doyle Brunson — Kiara Delaney

All I want to do is pretend nothing is wrong and avoid it all, for eternity, but I know I can't. — Amanda Grace

Venice is a stage, Orelia. Pretend for no other reason than to act like everybody else. — Kylie Fornasier