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Pretend Quotes

I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor Picture Quote #1

You can’t look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend Picture Quote #1

From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks. I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend Picture Quote #1

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song Picture Quote #1

I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend Picture Quote #1

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend Picture Quote #1

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In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they’re winging it. The amateurs pretend they’re not Picture Quote #1

I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That’s kind of why I like to be an actor because I get to play different characters and pretend I’m different people going through different situations Picture Quote #1

When I am home alone I like to scatter my tackle across the floor and play with it. I may pretend I am working on it, performing preventative maintenance, but really it is playing Picture Quote #1

Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn’t matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently Picture Quote #1

Many things embarrass me, but reading isn’t one of them. I’m not ashamed of my slightly weird collection of prison memoirs. Nor the flaky meditation books. After all, I can pretend I never read those Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I don’t pretend that I can read minds. I don’t believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don’t believe in psychics Picture Quote #1

To hell with news! I’m no longer interested in news. I’m interested in causes. We don’t print the truth. We don’t pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It’s up to the public to decide what’s true Picture Quote #1

The best way to clean up a son’s room is to close the door and pretend it’s not part of the house Picture Quote #1

Mrs. Boffin and me, ma’am, are plain people, and we don’t want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there’s always a straight way to everything Picture Quote #1

Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship Picture Quote #1

No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language Picture Quote #1

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The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit Picture Quote #1

In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings Picture Quote #1

In this world we must either institute conventional forms of expression or else pretend that we have nothing to express; the choice lies between a mask and a figleaf Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command Picture Quote #1

Number theorists say that number theory is too complicated, so let’s pretend that there is only one prime number, and then let’s combine all these results. Surprisingly, sometimes it works Picture Quote #1

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I don’t watch dailies. I don’t pretend not to read reviews, I just don’t. I wait for it to come on the air, just like everybody else Picture Quote #1

And you don’t have to care, so don’t pretend. Nobody needs a best fake friend Picture Quote #1

Reciting poetry isn’t acting, it’s memory work. Actor’s are deceivers. People who pretend to be something else for a living aren’t right in the head Picture Quote #1

I have heard a good many pretend that they are going to die; or that they have died, for aught that I know. Nonsense! I’ll defy them to do it. They have n’t got life enough in them... Only half a dozen or so have died since the world began Picture Quote #1

To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease Picture Quote #1

To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to Picture Quote #1

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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor (Pretend Quotes) You can’t look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend (Pretend Quotes) From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks. I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend (Pretend Quotes) When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song (Pretend Quotes) I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend (Pretend Quotes) Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend (Pretend Quotes) In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they’re winging it. The amateurs pretend they’re not (Pretend Quotes) I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That’s kind of why I like to be an actor because I get to play different characters and pretend I’m different people going through different situations (Pretend Quotes) When I am home alone I like to scatter my tackle across the floor and play with it. I may pretend I am working on it, performing preventative maintenance, but really it is playing (Pretend Quotes) Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn’t matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently (Pretend Quotes) Many things embarrass me, but reading isn’t one of them. I’m not ashamed of my slightly weird collection of prison memoirs. Nor the flaky meditation books. After all, I can pretend I never read those (Pretend Quotes) 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 (Pretend Quotes) I don’t pretend that I can read minds. I don’t believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don’t believe in psychics (Pretend Quotes) To hell with news! I’m no longer interested in news. I’m interested in causes. We don’t print the truth. We don’t pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It’s up to the public to decide what’s true (Pretend Quotes) The best way to clean up a son’s room is to close the door and pretend it’s not part of the house (Pretend Quotes) Mrs. Boffin and me, ma’am, are plain people, and we don’t want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there’s always a straight way to everything (Pretend Quotes) Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship (Pretend Quotes) No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language (Pretend Quotes) The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit (Pretend Quotes) In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings (Pretend Quotes) In this world we must either institute conventional forms of expression or else pretend that we have nothing to express; the choice lies between a mask and a figleaf (Pretend Quotes) 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 (Pretend Quotes) Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command (Pretend Quotes) Number theorists say that number theory is too complicated, so let’s pretend that there is only one prime number, and then let’s combine all these results. Surprisingly, sometimes it works (Pretend Quotes) I don’t watch dailies. I don’t pretend not to read reviews, I just don’t. I wait for it to come on the air, just like everybody else (Pretend Quotes) And you don’t have to care, so don’t pretend. Nobody needs a best fake friend (Pretend Quotes) Reciting poetry isn’t acting, it’s memory work. Actor’s are deceivers. People who pretend to be something else for a living aren’t right in the head (Pretend Quotes) I have heard a good many pretend that they are going to die; or that they have died, for aught that I know. Nonsense! I’ll defy them to do it. They have n’t got life enough in them... Only half a dozen or so have died since the world began (Pretend Quotes) To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease (Pretend Quotes) To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don’t succeed, at least pretend to (Pretend Quotes)

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