"Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself."

-- Hosea Ballou

#Being Original Quotes #Pretension Quotes

“To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.”
“The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.”
“It has been our experience that women usually prefer thin, undernourished, flatchested females, dressed to the teeth, as a concept of "feminine beauty" -- and that men prefer exactly the opposite: voluptuous, well-rounded and undressed. The women's idealization of woman is actually a male counterpart, competing with man in society; man's view of women is far more truly feminine.”
“All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There are a bunch of different ways to look at the fashion industry. Is it shallow to work in fashion? Yes, it can be. But does fashion transform a woman who might feel like nothing and unimportant to glamorous and gorgeous? Yes, it does. Does it employ a huge sector of America? Yes, it does.”
“Compared to dreams, reality can be truly cruel. But it can also come up with beautiful surprises.”

Source : Nujood Ali, Delphine Minoui (2010). “I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced”, p.126, Broadway Books
“It’s all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing…you blink your eyes and somebody says ‘Goodnight’ to you.”

Source : "Archives: Scoop Interview with Kostya Tszyu". Interview with Scoop Malinowski, ringobserver.com. October 9, 2017.
“I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.”

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