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I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

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I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down and everyone laughed. Their laughter made me relax, so I pretended it was part of the show. ↗

— Sherman Hemsley

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An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse. ↗

— John Gay

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The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

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The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure. ↗

— I. F. Stone

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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. ↗

— Quintilian

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I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. ↗

— Cary Grant

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

— Jim McDermott

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To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

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There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served. ↗

— Jane Jacobs

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