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• A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise.

  Richard Bach

  Wedding, Soulmate, Keys

  "The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story". Book by Richard Bach (p. 388), 1984.

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• There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

  Desmond Tutu

  Waking, Difficult

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• Love is being honest with yourself at all times being honest with the other person at all times telling, listening, respecting the truth and never pretending Love is the source of reality

  Susan Polis Schutz

  Love, Reality, Listening

  Susan Polis Schutz, Stephen Schutz (2007). “To My Daughter with Love: On the Important Things in Life”, p.22, Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.

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• Look, he isn’t even concerned.” I poured the tea. “He’s concerned, Mother. He just doesn’t panic, because he’s in charge and if he panics, everybody else will panic.” “I can jog around the room pretending to scream if you would like,” Jim offered.

  Ilona Andrews

  Mother, Tea, Looks

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Dreams: A Penguin Special from Ace”, p.21, Penguin

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• You never get it right, you people, do you? Either we've got Fudge, pretending everything's lovely while people get murdered right under his nose, or we've got you, chucking the wrong people into jail and trying to pretend you've got 'The Chosen One' working for you!

  J. K. Rowling

  Jail, People, Lovely

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• Since we’re playing that game… I tilted my face up to his and gave him a lovesick gaze. “Do you have to sneeze?” he asked. “Be quiet. I’m pretending to enjoy your company, just as you said.” “Try not to strain anything.” “Oh, I won’t. I’m very good at faking it.” That shut him up.

  Ilona Andrews

  Games, Trying, Faces

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.133, Penguin

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• Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.

  George R. R. Martin

  Thinking, Brave, Sometimes

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1983, Bantam

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• I wonder why we always deny love. I remember in middle school, if you were accused of the crime of loving, you screamed denials constantly and stopped ever even looking at the boy you were accused of liking. The boys could destroy each other by yodeling, "An-drew lo-oves Jen-nie," and both Andrew and Jennie would flinch and blush. Love is this great thing that most songs and books and poems and lives are all about. So the minute we actually think there might be love around, we start laughing and pretending and hiding from it.

  Caroline B. Cooney

  Song, Book, School

  Caroline B. Cooney (2012). “The Girl Who Invented Romance”, p.58, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Myron reached for the phone and dialed Win's number. After the eighth ring he began to hang up when a weak, distant voice coughed. "Hello?" Win?" Yeah." You okay?" Hello?" Win?" Yeah." What took you so long to answer the phone?" Hello?" Win?" Who is this?" Myron." Myron Bolitar?" How many other Myrons do you know?" Myron Bolitar?" No, Myron Rockefeller." Something's wrong," Win said. What?" Terribly wrong." What are you talking about?" Some asshole is calling me at seven in the morning pretending to be my best friend." Sorry, I forgot the time.

  Harlan Coben

  Morning, Sorry, Winning

  Harlan Coben (2013). “The Myron Bolitar Series 7-Book Bundle: Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear”, p.88, Dell

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• We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Design

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.

  Julian Barnes

  Used

  Julian Barnes (2010). “Talking It Over”, p.17, Random House

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• I've tried to believe, but I don't, I can't, and there's no use pretending.

  Truman Capote

  Believe, Use, I Can

  Truman Capote (2001). “In Cold Blood”, p.260, Vintage

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• She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt to be insulting. After all, it's the way an insult is received that makes it an insult. You can't really give offense unless someone takes it.

  Portia de Rossi

  Insults You, Giving, Insulting

  Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• Being singer is different than being an actor, where you call up sources from your own experience that you can apply to whatever Shakespeare drama you're in. But an actor is pretending to be somebody, a singer isn't. And that's the difference. Singers today have to sing songs where there's very little emotion involved. That and the fact that they have to sing hit records from years gone by doesn't leave a lot of room for any kind of intelligent creativity.

  Bob Dylan

  Song, Drama, Creativity

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• You can't really control how people are going to feel about you; all you can really do is be yourself. Because if you seduce somebody, and you seduce them by pretending to be a certain way, once they are seduced they are going to find that you are not that way. And then you have to maintain an image that's not real, so you really screw yourself. The best is to be yourself and hope they like you.

  Bradley Cooper

  Being Yourself, Real, People

  Interview with Holly Weber, me.askmen.com.

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• I don't want to go crazy pretending to be someone all the time. But at the same time, if I have the ability to influence people, and we have X amount of energy in the day, it's not even our option anymore - it's our duty to do something positive in the world.

  Lilly Singh

  Crazy, People, World

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• So what are we supposed to do again, when we hate everything? You stop pretending life is such fun or makes sense. It's often messy and cruel and dull, and we do the best we can. It's unfair, and jerks seem to win. But you fall in love with a few people. Like I love you, Elizabeth. You're the angel God sent me.

  Anne Lamott

  Falling In Love, Fun, Hate

  Anne Lamott (2010). “Imperfect Birds: A Novel”, p.14, Penguin

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• And now I realize Lindsay's not fearless. She's terrified. She's terrified that people will find out she's faking, bullshitting her way through life, pretending to have everything together when really she's just floundering like the rest of us. Lindsay, who will bite at you if you even look in her direction the wrong way, like on of those tiny attack dogs that are always barking and snapping in the air before they're jerked backward on the chains that keep them in one place.

  Lauren Oliver

  Dog, Air, People

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• Tomorrow we go back to normal?" "Sure," Mab said. "It'll be like none of this happened. Except I'll still be pregnant, and you'll still be making dragons, and Glenda will still be pretending that Dreamland is Cancun, and Weaver will still own the only green velvet demon in captivity. Other than that, perfectly normal." "I just meant no demons trying to kill us," Cindy said. "My baseline for normal is a lot lower than yours.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Dragons, Perfectly Normal, Trying

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• I think of relationships as having a really safe place with someone where you are, and making an effort to show up everyday - to see them and feel seen, especially as an actor when you're already pretending to be other people all the time. It's an incredible gift to feel seen by one person; a culture of two.

  Maggie Grace

  Thinking, Two, People

  "Moments of Grace: New You interviews Liam Neeson's daughter from Taken 3". Interview with Ruchel Louis Coetzee, www.newyou.com. October 26, 2016.

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• We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it.

  George Washington

  Character, America, People

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1784). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”

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• For crying out loud, stop comparing and start living! And you'll be happier with your life, I guarantee. This is crucial: the most difficult thing in the world is to be who you are not. Pretending and trying to be someone else is the official pastime of the human race. And the easiest thing in the world is to be yourself. Be happy. Live! There must be a reason why God made you tall or short or fat or thin or bumpy all over. Love who you are!

  Bo Sanchez

  Being Yourself, Race, Be Who You Are

  FaceBook post by Bo Sanchez from Aug 16, 2010

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• The world doesn’t need more people playing small. It’s time to stop hiding out and start stepping out. It’s time to stop needing and start leading. It’s time to start sharing your gifts instead of hoarding them or pretending they don’t exist. It’s time you started playing the game of life in a “big” way.

  T. Harv Eker

  Games, People, Hoarding

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Jul 06, 2014

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