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You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.


Sacha Guitry

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You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
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KURT VONNEGUT Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.
KURT VONNEGUT, JR. Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.
KURT VONNEGUT It's better to be honest about your opinions than to pretend you don't have them.
CAMPBELL BROWN If you pretend to be you, you will inevitably be unmasked.
LESLIE MIKLOSY If you would be powerful, pretend to be powerful
HORNE TOOKE To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
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OSCAR WILDE Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually.
AL STEWART Once you place the order, they pretend to be you.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TERRY GODDARD Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
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PATRICIA V. DAVIS Be yourself, be who you can be.
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MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON Pretend to be happy and eventually you will believe that you are.
GERMANY KENT To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.
CLAIRE BLOOM You’ll never know who you are unless you shed who you pretend to be.
VIRONIKA TUGALEVA We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
KURT VONNEGUT We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
KURT VONNEGUT JR. We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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J.M. RICHARDS To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.
SADE ADU Be careful who you pretend to be...people might actually start to believe it's who you really are.
PR FIRST LADY If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.
CAITLIN MORAN I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something ...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something ...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD Why do you pretend to care when you can care for real?
MITTA XININDLU You want to make him interested in you? Then pretend to be embarrassed in his presence
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ANN MARIE AGUILAR Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.
ORSON SCOTT CARD Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched.
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GERMANY KENT To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one.
THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma
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JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women...
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THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l...
JUSTINA CHEN We are all what we pretend to be, but, we had better be very careful what we pretend.
KURT VONNEGUT We are all what we pretend to be, but, we had better be very careful what we pretend.
KURT VONNEGUT JR. To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.
MUHAMMAD ALI Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT Don't pretend to comfort me, my friend.
I might also pretend to not let you down.
TOBA BETA Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI Don't pretend to be a journalist if you're not a journalist.
BERNARD GOLDBERG Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be?
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I don't pretend to be a great interviewer; I don't even pretend to be good at my job.
CHELSEA HANDLER It is much harder to pretend than it is to simply be who you already are.
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PAULO COELHO The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.
PATRICK ROTHFUSS If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it'...
DOROTHY PARKER When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy
SOTONYE ANGA To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
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"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
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STEPHANIE KLEIN To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
TOM ROBBINS You can be 24 and continue to live like you're at college, or even continue to live like you'...
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JAY WOODMAN With voice-over, you have to pretend like you're three, except you can talk and read.
MOLLY QUINN Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.
He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but w...
PRIYA ARDIS If you stay on the island, you can almost pretend it didn't happen.
MARGARET JONES If you are feeling constrained by a group that you belong to, ask yourself,
“How can I partic...
GINA GREENLEE We all become what we pretend to be.
PATRICK ROTHFUSS I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Apparently I couldn’t even pretend to be normal.
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ANUJ SOMANY How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing.
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great...
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THOMAS S. MONSON Be true to yourself.Let your belief & thoughts for right cause are not compromised at any cost thoug...
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