#pretend

Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#children #course #cultures #encouragement #imitation

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. ↗

— Gwen John

#anybody #distort #i #i am #know

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#i #like #me #nothing #pretend

We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans. ↗

— Jim McDermott

#agent #later #no problem #orange #pentagon

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space. ↗

— William Joyce

#nicholas-st-north #north #ombric #pretending #rise-of-the-guardians

It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to be people that they're not, and you think, after the years go by, well, what on earth was all that about? ↗

— Jonathan Miller

#after #costumes #dress #earth #frivolous

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage. ↗

— Moliere

#piety #pretenders #well

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#conflicts #create #economic #harmonious #lasting

Men pretend they don't like to be nagged, but they love it, really. It makes them feel wanted. ↗

— Denise Van Outen

#like #love #makes #men #pretend

Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#growing #growing up #i #kid #pretending