Pretender Friend Quotes

#1. It is in his obsessions that mankind most closely resembles his machines.

Matthew De Abaitua

#2. All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery.

Louis MacNeice

#3. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time I was all by myself.

Trevor Noah

#4. It occurred to me that I had never seen my mother defeated, even when life presented difficulties and disappointments.

Piper Kerman

#5. Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for that. Do you want Medicare for senior citizens? I do. We have to pay for it.

Shelley Berkley

#6. Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hills, make up country songs as I pedal along, sing them, have lunch, have a nap, groan, moan, write a small bit more, cook dinner, feed wifey, open a bottle, or several, slump, sleep.

Kevin Barry

#7. When I got the invitation to be part of 'The Ghost' or 'The Ghost Writer,' as it's now known, from Mr. Roman Polanski, my interest level was very piqued. I was very excited and pleased to get such an offer from Mr. Roman Polanski.

Pierce Brosnan

#8. As a writer, you have to put yourself in service to the character, get behind their eyes by delineating the world where the character develops. You have to listen to the character and see him inside his certain world to know what conclusions he would draw.

Alice McDermott

#9. Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?

Plutarch

#10. Never outsource your core competency.

Tony Hsieh

#11. there are times when a truly remarkable soldier must resort to unorthodox behavior, disobeying his superiors to gain the greater glory.

William Manchester

#12. The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.

Eric Gill

#13. You can work hard,
But if you don't work smarter
You 'll work hard for the rest of your life.

Unknown

#14. I was just twenty-one and my name was known wherever men sharpened swords. I was a warrior. A sword warrior, and I was proud of it.

Bernard Cornwell