“ To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. ”
- Jacques Derrida- Copy
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“ There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It's all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break. ”
- Michael Douglas- Copy
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“ I thought it was a joke, I pretended to go along with it, just to scare Chicago. Then my agent said, 'Bobby, these guys are serious.'. ”
- Bobby Hull- Copy
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“ This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal. ”
- John Hawkins- Copy
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“ It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ”
- James Madison- Copy
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“ A dangerous quality, if real; and a not less dangerous one, if feigned. ”
- Charles Dickens- Copy
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“ The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect, is comedy and it announces itself in the pleasant spasms we call laughter. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were. Mathematics classes became sheer terror and torture to me. I was so intimidated by my incomprehension that I did not dare to ask any questions. ”
- Carl Jung- Copy
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