#pretend

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

That is a strange phenomenon, people pretending to be other people. ↗

— Andy Samberg

#people #phenomenon #pretending #strange

A friend of mine has a house with a basketball court and a pool. The guys go over and play basketball; I lie by the pool and nap in the sun. That defines me. That's consistent with who I am. I don't pretend to play basketball because I wanna feel like one of the guys. I wanna lie in the sun and relax. ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

#basketball #basketball court #because #consistent #court

I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like! ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

#clothes #could #hunt #i #lie

When I was 10, 11, 12 years old, I would pretend to be on the radio. I bought a mixer and these big, ugly headphones and I would literally broadcast the cassette tapes in my bedroom. ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

#big #bought #broadcast #cassette #headphones

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#camera #crush #having #like #movie

I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights. ↗

— Lusia Strus

#believe #characters #costume #else #few

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities. ↗

— Donna Summer

#i #just #life #like #lots

Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#because #coming #enforce #illegal #immigration

We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him. ↗

— Sharon Tate

#believe #good #him #i #lies