Tom Holland

I feel like I've been playing Spider-Man my whole life. He's a character I've been pretending to be in my bedroom since I was a kid - so I've been preparing for this forever, I think.

English Actor

Joyce Meyer

Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening.

American Author

Leonardo DiCaprio

I am not of the vein of actors - and I will not pretend to be one - that takes my character home with me. I don't.

American Actor

Socrates

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Greek Philosopher

Thomas Carlyle

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.

Scottish Philosopher

Jim Henson

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

American Entertainer

Nelson Mandela

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

South African Statesman

Chad Hurley

The telecom industry pretends like it's not getting paid.

American Businessman

Jason Reynolds

We've always been told to pretend as if we're not afraid.

Jeff Bridges

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Used when someone behaves insincerely to trick others.

Deceptive Behavior

Often used to hide true feelings or opinions.

Disguised Feelings

Common in child play, acting as characters or in scenarios.

Creative Play

Adults also use it to momentarily escape reality.

Adult Escapism

Pretend as an adjective denotes something made to look real.

False Appearance

Emphasizes the lack of authenticity in objects or actions.

Not Genuine

Used when people express things about themselves that are untrue.

False Claims

Usually involves presenting oneself as someone else.

Assumed Identity

 And you'll see when you see the video, she can't even pretend to be an agonizing mother. What you want to look for here is an incredible discrepancy between horrific events that she describes and her very, very cool demeanor. And if you look closely, you'll see duping delight throughout this video. Diane At night when I close my eyes,

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 like helping cells adhere to their neighbors or binding to nutrients the cell will need. Animal and plant cells have cell membranes. Only plant cells have a cell wall, which is made of rigid cellulose that gives the plant structure. The virus cell that was sneezed into your lungs is sneaky. Pretending to be a friend,

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 but you are worthy of love and belonging." That's our job. Show me a generation of kids raised like that, and we'll end the problems, I think, that we see today. We pretend that what we do doesn't have an effect on people. We do that in our personal lives. We do that corporate -- whether it's a bailout, an oil spill

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 and but they had decided to set aside this section of their forests or their land and pretend stop hunting the birds here you know in the hopes that maybe some visitors would come to see them and they could make a little money that way and we were happy to support that that idea in that effort and so these men

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 We pretended. We all became smart cowards. We decided to stay out of trouble and not talk about it. Ten months later, I quit my job. I said I could not stand it anymore. After quitting my job, I decided to organize my friends to speak about the violence in the country, to speak about the state of the nation,

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 And why is that? How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world? What I'd like to suggest, there are a number of habits that we need to move away from. I've assembled for your pleasure here seven deadly sins of speaking. I'm not pretending this is an exhaustive list,

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 who pretended to be a man oh they're all her entire life to be actually to be able to perform as a doctor and some had to do their science through their husbands does it sounds real to you now it does to me it's like it's like such a long time ago but it is not it's really

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 Let's suspend the laws of physics for a moment, and pretend that your molecular self can plunge deep down into the water column. In these colder depths, the comparative lack of solar warmth makes water molecules sluggish,

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 Looked me in the eye, fear consuming his face, and said, "Son, I'm sorry, but you can't act the same as your white friends. You can't pretend to shoot guns. You can't run around in the dark.

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 as displaying which means i'm the boss pouting which means give me some food please grooming which means i am your friend and supporter pretending to bite means i'm enjoying