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Discover the most impactful and inspirational quotes from the Pretense Quotes category. Here, you’ll find a diverse collection of motivation, wisdom, love, laughter, or a deeper understanding of life, our curated selection of quotes has something for everyone. Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Pretense Quotes will inspire and resonate with you.

Steve Schmidt

Trump makes no pretense about being the commander in chief of all of the country, being president of all of the people, including the people who voted against him. He is, in effect, a tribal chieftain who has declared war on half of the country.

– Steve Schmidt

Sarah Vowell

I didn’t come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren’t without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good.

– Sarah Vowell

Ron Stallworth

When you’re undercover you try to stay as true to your identity as you are. You know who you are, and you know how you normally function. If you try to put on a pretense, such as assuming a fake voice, you have to put on that fake voice all of the time. And you can’t afford to slip out of it. It’s too dangerous.

– Ron Stallworth

Rickey Medlocke

Blackfoot was one of the ultimate live bands… there was no pretense, no gimmickry; it was sound, lights, and rock and roll. Our whole goal was to be terrifying… to strike fear and cause havoc in a closing band’s minds.

– Rickey Medlocke

Rajesh Roshan

I just don’t feel like composing music for films because I find there is too much pretense in the industry and creativity has been replaced by the sole thought of making money.

– Rajesh Roshan

Peter L Berger

The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.

– Peter L Berger

Mario Vargas Llosa

I love stories, and my life is principally concentrated on stories, but not with a pretense of scientific precision.

– Mario Vargas Llosa

Lucas Till

I look for a girl without pretense who is sweet and intelligent – preferably brunette, but that’s not completely important.

– Lucas Till

Karan Johar

Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don’t have the sensitivity or decency. I’m a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don’t suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.

– Karan Johar

John Podhoretz

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

– John Podhoretz

John Gregory Dunne

There was no pretense to objectivity; ‘Time’ had a partisan Republican point of view, and if it was one not shared by many of its gentrified Ivy Leaguers, few felt the compulsion to quit.

– John Gregory Dunne

Jim Nantz

My father got to see the first 10 years of my career. He implored me to always appreciate people who are not operating under any sort of false pretense or who weren’t caught up in their own success.

– Jim Nantz

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