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  • I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study of politics, math has come into the picture. We can no longer pretend that we just speculate about politics; we need to look at this in a rigorous way.
  • I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
  • Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to 'own' them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.
  • I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
  • We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.
  • The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here, you can see everybody wants his break.
  • The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so.
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  • Thomas Carlyle I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Bill Laswell What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.
    Bill Laswell
    American bass guitarist (1955 - )
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  • Barack Obama Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Kurt Vonnegut Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Alan Watts But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Solomon Schechter By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.
    Solomon Schechter
     
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  • John Maynard Keynes For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Ben Shapiro Google is a private company. It has the capacity to utilize its massive power for whatever political agenda it chooses. But for it to pretend to be an advocate for Internet freedom while simultaneously disadvantaging messages it finds politically incorrect is deeply hypocritical.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Clarence Darrow I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Winston Churchill I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Clarence Darrow I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Clarence Darrow I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Bertrand Russell I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along.
    The Philosophy of Logical Atomism
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Alec Guinness I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.
    Alec Guinness
    English actor (1914 - 2000)
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  • Elizabeth Taylor I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
    Elizabeth Taylor
    British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian (1932 - 2011)
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  • Arthur C. Clarke I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Carol Shields I don’t know what you’re feeling, I won’t even pretend.
    De zelfmoord van de meisjes (2008) 46
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study of politics, math has come into the picture. We can no longer pretend that we just speculate about politics; we need to look at this in a rigorous way.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Captain J. G. Stedman I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.
    Captain J. G. Stedman
    British soldiar, writer, artist (1744 - 1797)
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