I Quotes
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“I presume that RATIONAL men will excuse me for endeavouring to persuade them to become more masculine and respectable.”
Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“I presume that to the uninitiated the formulae will appear cold and cheerless; but let it be remembered that, like other mathematical formulae, they find their origin in the divine source of all geometry. Whether I shall have the satisfaction of taking part in their exposition, or whether that will remain for some more profound expositor, will be seen in the future.”
“I presume that you are compassionate: to be without pity means to be sick in body and spirit. But one should have spirit in abundance, so as to be permitted to be compassionate! For your pity is detrimental to you and to everyone.”
“I presumed to fix my look on the eternal light so long that I consumed my sight thereon.”
Source: The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri
“I pretend I am a princess,so that I can try and behave like one.”
Source: A Little Princess
“I pretend I'm not afraid all the time,' he said.
'We have a name for that ... we call that courage.”
Source: Funeral Games
“I pretend I'm not hurt, I walk about the world like I'm having fun.”
“I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.”
“I pretend I've got lots of confidence and I'm a big jock and like that but deep inside I'm a frightened, insecure, can't-make-it failure.”
Source: Jay's Journal
“I pretend no originality in observing that mass education was motivated in part by the perceived need to "educate them to keep them from our throats," to borrow Ralph Waldo Emerson's parody of elite fears that inspired early advocates of public mass education.”
“I pretend not to be a champion of that same naked virtue called truth, to the very outrance. I can consent that her charms be hidden with a veil, were it but for decency's sake.”
Source: Kenilworth
“I pretend not to teach, but to inquire.”
Source: The Works of John Locke: Letters to the Right Rev. Edward lord bishop of Worcester, concerning Mr. Locke's Essay of human understanding. Mr. Locke's reply. Answer to Remarks upon an Essay concerning human understanding. Mr. Locke's reply
“I pretend that I'm a perfect piece.No cracks or broken pieces. But Iittle do you know I'm breaking little by little,not knowing how to fix myself back together.”
“I pretend to be human, but the mirror does not lie.”
Source: Sing Me Forgotten
“I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually cost me something. And what pretending of this sort gives me is the gift of a pretend life.”
“I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually cost me something. And what pretending or this sort gives me is the gift of a pretend life.”
“I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt”
Source: Hollywood
“I pretended for a moment___ and only for a moment___ that I was the person she was making room for. That the hand she held up reached for me. That the heart thumping in her chest beat for me and me alone. I allowed myself that split second of weakness.”
Source: Neverfall
“I pretended I had urgent business at the prosecutor's table which, in one of The System's obvious tells, was always millimeters from the jury box.”
Source: A Naked Singularity: A Novel
“I pretended indifference…even in the presence of love, in the presence of hunger. And the more deeply I felt, the less able I was to respond.”
“I pretended like all the oranges rolling everywhere were her happy memories and they were looking for a new person to stick to so they didn't get wasted.”
Source: Pigeon English
“I pretended not to understand. One of life's hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog.”
Source: Herzog
“I pretended that it wasn't such a big deal, that I knew we weren't suited, that I agreed with what-ever bullshit rationale you used - 'we don't make each other the best possible versions of ourselves' or what-ever. But you did make me the best 'me'.”
Source: Kiss Me First
“I pretended to be a Cheyenne guide. I pretended to be a prairie woman. I pretended Henry was my old-timey husband taking me to our new homestead. I leaned down and patted Trouble’s neck. “Good boy,” I said. “Trusty steed.”
Source: Glass Girl
“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.”
“I pretty much always choose characters. That's what I do. That's what I look for. I look for dynamics in a script and potential.”
“I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day.”
“I pretty much ate everything that I like and I've always wanted to eat and I just didn't hold myself back and it was the best.”
“I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.”
“I pretty much borrow my entire beauty regime from my mom.”
“I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome.”
“I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.”
“I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and torture the keys. My one saving grace as a writer is that, if I'm having trouble with the novel I'm writing, I write something else, a poem or a short story. I try to avoid writer's block by always writing something.”
“I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.”
“I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and things, but then I went to Williamstown and found an agent. I then went to New York and did a lot of theatre there, so I started doing only theatre.”
“I pretty much grew up in public.”
“I pretty much grew up in the Clubber Lang/Ivan Drago era. That was more my time. I've always been a fan of the films, even the fifth, that I know some people didn't care for, I've always enjoyed them.”
“I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his.”
“I pretty much have made a career out of playing real life people.”
“I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20′s and 30′s... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent.”
“I pretty much isolated myself away from drums. I stopped looking at Modern Drummer, I stopped looking at websites.”
“I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.”
“I pretty much keep everything; we have drawers full of samples and tests and every old catalogue and magazine.”
“I pretty much know that directing means that you have to answer about a thousand questions every day and you have to answer them quick.”
“I pretty much know what I'm doing.”
“I pretty much left full-time, formal education when I was 11. So that was when I was taken out of the school system... I think the longest stretch I would go back for was a term and a half when I was about 14.”
“I pretty much like all music except for country. I'm not a big fan of country.”
“I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.”
“I pretty much live on my tour bus.I do well around 300 shows a year. A lot of times I will do two shows a night.”
“I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.”