#pretend

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

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Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

#against #charged #danger #home #liberty

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance. ↗

— David Mamet

#conservative #gay #get #greater #liberal

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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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

#fellows #intelligence #only #our #pretend

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

— Wellington Mara

#church #does #pretend #science #scientists

The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#consider #education #england #female #life

I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about. ↗

— Jackie Mason

#anybody #art #because #becomes #comedy

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#believed #closer #get #i #pretending

The craziest thing I've ever done to get a guy's attention? I admit I stalked someone. I showed up at a restaurant where I knew the guy worked, and we were actually good friends and had lost touch, and I pretended that I didn't know he worked there. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#admit #attention #craziest #done #ever