#pretended

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

— Patti LaBelle

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But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. ↗

— David Sedaris

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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

#down #elementary #elementary school #everyone #fell

Before I was known, I would go on stage and pretend I was other people. Once I pretended I was mentally handicapped. It was really wrong. One time I was a bad magician. And one time I pretended I was a Christian comic. ↗

— Andy Dick

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

— Jacques Derrida

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

— John Gay

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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

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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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