186 Quotes About Pretending

  • Author Steven D. Levitt
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    Every time we pretend to know something, we are doing the same: protecting our own reputation rather than promoting the collective good. None of us want to look stupid, or at least overmatched, by admitting we don't know an answer.

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  • Author Brian McClellan
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    I pretended I was a Kez colonel pretending to be an Adran colonel,” Olem said. “It was disturbingly easy.”“They didn’t ask for papers or proof?”“In this rain?” Olem gestured at the downpour. “You don’t understand an enlisted man, sir. Nobody asks for bloody papers in this kind of weather.

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