#pretend

But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#because #big #big oil #campaign #doing

I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#i #i do #just #pretend #weird

I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am. ↗

— Willa Ford

#bad #cheerleader #come #i #i am

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. ↗

— George Washington

#against #guard #patriotism #pretended

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us. ↗

— Alan Watts

#exists #external #external world #independently #pretend

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#african-american community #claim #community #different #diverse

I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#easier #feminist #i #like #pretending

It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues. ↗

— Neil Young

#blue #blues #i #now #pretending

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. ↗

— William Godwin

#argument #because #coercion #could #doubt

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#alone #average #brother #crushed #desperately