#pretentious

A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and pretentious nightclubs and bars along the Sunset Strip. ↗

— Merrill Markoe

#available #bars #complex #feel #hip

No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious. ↗

— Merrill Markoe

#argue #being #country #fact #hip

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker. ↗

— John Milius

#filmmaker #films #more #nothing #pretentious

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden. ↗

— John Milius

#felt #heavy #i #just #leaden

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#book #cracks #end #go #grove

What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#like #movies #pompous #pretentious

Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don't exist. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#overcoming-obstacles #pretend #pretentiousness #society #trust

Whenever an occasion arose in which she needed an opinion on something in the wider world, she borrowed her husband's. If this had been all there was to her, she wouldn't have bothered anyone, but as is so often the case with such women, she suffered from an incurable case of of pretentiousness. Lacking any internalized values of her own, such people can arrive at a standpoint only by adopting other people's standards or views. The only principle that governs their minds is the question "How do I look? ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#narcissism #pretentiousness #vanity #vanity

In the Lamborghini I have to avoid certain roads because of pot holes, and there's nowhere to put my drink, no cup holder. And I'm not going to lie, it looks pretentious. I used to think it was cool to, like, drive it to dinner. Now? Like I really need to be looked at any more. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#avoid #because #certain #cool #cup

There are so many people out there who would love for you to act in a manner that flatters and suits them the best, instead of loving you for who you really are. ↗

— POB Bismark

#change #flattery #real #unpretentious #change