Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut, authorThere's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.
Drew Barrymore, actressThe world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.
George Santayana, philosopherIf we remove ourselves from the world, we are pretending that we can follow our own individual enlightenment and let the rest of the world go to hell, so to speak.
Satish Kumar, activistI've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.
Ben Kingsley, actorAn awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I'm going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay.
Robbie Williams, musicianThe thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can.
Charles de Lint, writerNobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want.
Ben Affleck, actorA large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.
Jeff Bridges, actorIt is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
Lillian Hellman, dramatist