“To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.”
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Jacques Derrida 58
French philosopher (1930-2004) 1930–2004Related quotes
Anonymous (1699), 3 Salk. 213.
“I don't have to be a hero, he thought in silent wonder. All I have to do is pretend.”
Ganner Rhysode, p. 261
Traitor (2002)
“I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.”
"Journal Entries", p. 186
Memory and Dream (1994)
Context: I've always had these bouts of depression; I hide them well but doesn't mean they aren't there. … I didn't have anyone around for whom I had to put on a cheerful mask. The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.
“I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 2
“I don't understand what's going on, but i'll just pretend that I do.”
“I absolutely do not pretend in the slightest fashion to knowledge of military science.”
As quoted in Stalin : A Biography (2004) by Robert Service, p. 183.
1920s