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• The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.

  Thomas Huxley

  Giving Up, Lying, Believe

  Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.146, Cambridge University Press

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• ...the sounds next door served as a kind of trip wire: I seemed to stumble and fall on my face, skinning and bruising myself here and there and scattering my emotional and intellectual possessions. There was no point in pretending that I had not fallen, for when we are stretched out in the dirt we must pick ourselves up and brush off our clothes. This then, in a sense, is what I did, reviewing my considered opinions on marriage, constancy, man's nature, and the importance of love. When I had picked up my possessions and repaired my appearance, I fell asleep.

  John Cheever

  Love, Fall, Men

  John Cheever, Blake Bailey (2009). “John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings”

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• Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are.

  Desmond Tutu

  Forgiveness, Way, Treated

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• Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.

  Sara Gruen

  Noticing

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• The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.

  Edmund Burke

  Power, Men, World

  Edmund Burke (1852). “The Works and Correspondance of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke”, p.23

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• Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.

  Sue Grafton

  Thinking, Normal, Harder

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• There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

  Robert Henri

  Weakness, Knows

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.177, Basic Books

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• No one has it all figured out, especially not the people who are acting like they do and judging you because of it. Pretending to be something you aren't because you're trying to please a bunch of judgmental hypocrites and shitheads is not the way to be happy. Living the life you want to live is. It really is that simple.

  Tucker Max

  Live Life, Hypocrite, Simple

  Tucker Max (2011). “Assholes Finish First”, p.252, Simon and Schuster

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• Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free.

  Ilona Andrews

  Tired, Brake, Standing

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.39, Penguin

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• I love anything that kind of removes me from myself and employs something else. So, I love accents and I love pretending.

  Jamie Bell

  Kind, Accents, Remove

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The only way liberals win national elections is by pretending they're not liberals.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, Way, Election

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• Sometimes good art jumps out at me; most of the time I see bad art, or see nothing at all and just drift, feeling weird, pretending to be fine.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Feelings, Sometimes

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• The past is not the present: pretending it is corrupts art and thus both rots the mind and shrivels the imagination and conscience.

  Paul Fussell

  Art, Past, Imagination

  Paul Fussell (1982). “The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I'm not pretending I'm not a nice guy. I'm not pretending I don't have a temper.

  James Moore

  Nice, Guy, Temper

  "Jack Thompson withdraws from GTA case" by Wade Steel, www.ign.com. November 8, 2015.

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• I'm tired of pretending that everything's fine just so I can please everyone else.

  Spencer Tracy

  Depression, Tired, Fine

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• The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending.

  Isaac Marion

  Light, Moments

  Isaac Marion (2012). “Warm Bodies: A Novel”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• In short? It is exhausting being me. Pretending to be normal is draining and requires amazing amounts of energy and Xanax.

  Jenny Lawson

  Xanax, Normal, Energy

  Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)”, p.117, Pan Macmillan

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• Mr. Branwell and Mr. Carstairs seem to have no problem cleaning their boots,” Sophie said, looking darkly from Will to Tessa. “Perhaps you could learn from their example.” “Perhaps,” said Will. “But I doubt it.” Sophie scowled, and started off along the corridor again, her shoulders tightly set with indignation. Tessa looked at Will in amazement. “What was that?” Will shrugged lazily. “Sophie enjoys pretending she doesn’t like me.” “Doesn’t like you? She hates you!

  Cassandra Clare

  Hate, Doubt, Example

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along.

  Lauren Oliver

  Happiness, Fiction, Requiem

  Lauren Oliver (2013). “Requiem (Delirium Trilogy 3)”, p.136, Hachette UK

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• Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Honesty, Talking, People

  Akira Kurosawa, Donald Richie (1987). “Rashomon”, p.122, Rutgers University Press

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• You forgive what you can, when you can. That's all you can do.To forgive does not mean overlooking the offense and pretending it never happened. Forgiveness means releasing our rage and our need to retaliate, no longer dwelling on the offense, the offender, and the suffering, and rising to a higher love. It is an act of letting go so that we ourselves can go on.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Love, Letting Go, Mean

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• Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and you're pretending to be afraid!'

  Kerry Washington

  Wind, Different, Machines

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 9, 2010.

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• We watched each other evolve into parents, with all the fear, rage and confusion evolution can involve. Our eight-year-old is the incarnation of our union; we are forever fused by her blood. My old take on romance seemed vaguely ludicrous, as affected as a pair of spats. I no longer saw the point in 'getting back to normal', that pantomime of pretending nothing had changed; I wanted to evolve from sexual posturing into a deeper consciousness, that of love.

  Antonella Gambotto-Burke

  Love, Eight, Blood

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• I think a lot guys get laid pretending to be Shaggy 2 Dope because without his paint he's a lot more unrecognizable. He's not a gimpy gorilla like me.

  Joseph Bruce

  Dope, Thinking, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I mean, I feel like I've been pretending I was a werewolf since I was a little kid.

  Joe Manganiello

  Mean, Kids, Littles

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