Quotes 21 till 40 of 68.
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I'm still not that familiar with it. I'm more familiar with it than most people, but nowhere near as familiar with it as a genuine expert in the subject. I don't pretend to be a scientist. I'm the person who moderates the discussion between and among the scientists.
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If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
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If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.
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In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
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Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to.
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It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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It's better to be honest about your opinions than to pretend you don't have them.
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It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.
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Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
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No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.
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Nobody knows what the cause is, though some pretend they do; it like some hidden assassin waiting to strike at you. Childless women get it, and men when they retire; it as if there had to be some outlet for their foiled creative fire.
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Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.
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One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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People with healthy self-esteem do not need to create pretend identities. - From (2003) Rock My Soul
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Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
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Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.
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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.
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