#pretended

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

— I. F. Stone

#burlesque #difference #exposure #former #never

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

#against #charged #danger #home #liberty

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

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

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

— Quintilian

#creates #excellent #fault #impression #our

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

— David Sedaris

#i #never #pretended #reporter

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

#before #christian #comic #go #handicapped

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