Pretend Quotes - page 27

I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me. (Marat Safin)
Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance. View quote
Marc Morial
I didn't go to drama school or anything, and I learned on the job. And it's nice to have the chance to pretend to be other people. As a singer, though, I feel there's much more of me in that. I've written the songs, I'm singing them, I'm exposing my feelings. View quote
Maria Doyle Kennedy
I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong. View quote
Chris Bell
I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick. View quote
Carl Wilson
Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige. View quote
George Murray
Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else. View quote
George Pierce Baker
I can't pretend to be objective when it comes to service or sacrifice. View quote
Martha Raddatz
When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.' View quote
Mary Lynn Rajskub
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. View quote
Marya Mannes
I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role. (Mathieu Kassovitz)
Married relationships are not what we are pretending they are. It is not the '40s or the 50s anymore - we cannot pretend, things are changing. View quote
Matthew Ashford
I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball. View quote
Monica Seles
I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one. View quote
Natasha Leggero
When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.' View quote
Olivia Hussey
I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous. View quote
Pixie Lott
I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people. View quote
Pauley Perrette
As a little kid, I used to lock myself in my room and put on my Whitney Houston CD's and pretend to be her and try and hit every single note that she hit. I used to dream that one day that would be me. View quote
Ricki-Lee Coulter
Ed Miliband is obviously a mild guy. I don't expect him to pretend to be a pugilist. View quote
Robert Webb
I criticise myself an awful lot. I do worry to the point that I don't think it's very healthy. I'm always picking my flaws. It's a terrible anxiety I have. I wish I could pretend nothing fazes me, but it does. View quote
Roxanne McKee
When I was 10, 11, 12 years old, I would pretend to be on the radio. I bought a mixer and these big, ugly headphones and I would literally broadcast the cassette tapes in my bedroom. (Ryan Seacrest)
I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like! View quote
Ryan Seacrest
Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown. View quote
Rebecca Solnit
If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any. View quote
Sadie Jones
What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones. View quote
Sharon Creech