#pretending

The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#democratic party #desert #freedoms #guise #never

I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#listening #pretending #acting

But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#pretending #fiction

But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it. ↗

— Richie Benaud

#actions #annoys #commercial #doing #find

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#believe #get #great #hard #just

I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth. ↗

— Albert Finney

#else #i #i always #lie #living