Pretend Quotes
A good relationship means one where you feel comfortable enough to be yourself. You feel accepted, and dont feel like you have to pretend to be someone else.
- Unknown

A funny thing is if you're out hiking and your friend gets bit by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going for help, then go about ten feet and pretend YOU got bit by a snake. Then start an argument about who's going to get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke.
- Jack Handey

A friend of mine has a house with a basketball court and a pool. The guys go over and play basketball; I lie by the pool and nap in the sun. That defines me. That's consistent with who I am. I don't pretend to play basketball because I wanna feel like one of the guys. I wanna lie in the sun and relax.
- Ryan Seacrest

[Pretending is indeed the Washington game. Pretend independence, for instance. Recall House Speaker Sam Rayburn's attributed standard greeting to new Democrat members of Congress, per:] Remember, to get along, go along. ... There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
- Will Rogers

[Imagine you're negotiating on someone else's behalf: It's hard for everyone to negotiate for themselves, but women especially so, Miller noted. So pretend you're representing a client's best interests.] If you do your homework you will know what is fair and reasonable to ask for... Don't settle for less.
- Lee Miller

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