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  • Jacobitism involved much more than a debate about the merits of a particular dynasty. Men and women were well aware that its success was almost certain to involved them in civil war. And the more politically educated knew that the Stuart Pretender was a pawn in a worldwide struggle for commercial and imperial primacy between Britain and France.

    War   Struggle   Men  
    Linda Colley (2005). “Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837”, p.79, Yale University Press
  • There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

    Walter Lippmann (1955). “Essays in the Public Philosophy”, p.85, Transaction Publishers
  • It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers.

    Real   America   Littles  
  • The great difference between the real leader and the pretender is that the one sees into the future, while the other regards only the present; the one lives by the day, and acts upon expediency; the other acts on enduring principles and for the immortality.

  • We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society; only let us have the real instead of the titular. In every society some are born to rule, and some to advise. The chief is the chief all the world over, only not his cap and plume. It is only this dislike of the pretender which makes men sometimes unjust to the true and finished man.

    Kings   Real   Men  
  • There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

  • Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads.

    Trying   Speech   Comedy  
    Denis Leary (2008). “Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid”, p.58, Penguin
  • never believe a man can change a woman those men are pretenders who think that they created women from one of their ribs

    Believe   Men   Thinking  
  • On the spectrum of imagination, there are people who are more imaginative than others - I guess some kids are hardcore pretenders and have imaginary friends for years and other kids play and they have fun, but it's not quite as specific like that.

    Fun   Kids   Years  
    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer If youre a pretender com sit by my fire For we have some flax golden tales to spin Come in! Come in!

    Hope   Liars   Fire  
  • Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.

  • Quack: A boastful pretender to arts which he does not understand. A vain boastful pretender to physick; An artful, tricking practitioner in physick.

    Art   Doe   Vain  
    Samuel Johnson (1839). “Dictionary of the English Language ...”
  • Come, my pretender, my fritter, my bubbler, my chicken biddy! Oh succulent one, it is but one turn in the road and I would be a cannibal!

  • Index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of Science by the tail. Index-learning is a term used to mock pretenders who acquire superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes.

  • In here, the human bosom -- mine, yours, everybody's -- there isn't just one soul. There's a lot of souls. But there are two main ones, the real soul and a pretender soul. Now! Every man realizes that he has to love something or somebody. He feels that he must go outward. 'If thou canst not love, what art thou?' Are you with me?

    Art   Real   Men  
  • I've always been a Pretenders fan... I'm very excited about this.

    Source: www.usmagazine.com
  • Arguments, like men, are often pretenders.

    Plato (2010). “The Works of Plato: Charmides, Lysis, Other Dialogues and the Laws”, p.72, Cosimo, Inc.
  • I have worked in the homes of many successful people and have seen firsthand that everyone fails in life, but failure can be a gift if you don't give up and are willing to learn, improve, and grow because of it. You see, failure often serves as a defining moment, a crossroads on the journey of your life. It gives you a test designed to measure your courage, perseverance, commitment, and a dedication. Are you a pretender who gives up after a little adversity or a contender who keeps getting up after getting knocked down?

    Jon Gordon (2014). “The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All”, p.76, John Wiley & Sons
  • The real leaders intend to do definitely that good task for which a pretender has provoked them by saying that it can't be done, but the good number of pretenders tend to do only that job for which a real leader has cautioned them by showing the things that should not be done.

    Jobs   Real   Numbers  
  • Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

    Art   Strong   Prayer  
    Song: The Pretender, Album: The Pretender, 1976
  • I wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures all around the world. The innocent on a quest, the pretender, an inanimate object that holds evil - it's really strange that these themes are there in so many different countries' folklore.

    Country   School   Evil  
  • The poet is a pretender. / He pretends so completely, / that he even pretends that it is pain / the pain he really feels.

    Pain   Poetry   Feels  
  • I had long since insisted upon interpreting the things that Fate forced me to do as victories of my own will and intelligence, and now this bad habit had grown into a sort of frenzied arrogance. In the nature of what I was calling my intelligence there was a touch of something illegitimate, a touch of the sham pretender who has been placed on the throne by some freak chance. This dolt of a usurper could not foresee the revenge that would inevitably be wreaked upon his stupid despotism.

    Revenge   Stupid   Fate  
    "Confessions of a Mask". Book by Yukio Mishima, 1949.
  • Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law.

    Country   Hypocrite   Men  
  • There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.

    Kings   Guy   Tough  
  • Existence always cares about you. If you are authentic, if your search is true and you are not a pretender, time will help you, will cooperate with you. Time from existence`s side, and patience on your side.

    Your Side   Care   Sides  
  • You don't need attention to write. All you need is passion for your work and an overwhelming desire to tell a story you genuinely care about. Readers can sense your sincerity and it separates you from pretenders.

    Source: www.percontra.net
  • I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that-stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders...I think domesticity certainly doesn't make it easy to write, you know, because you've got a lot of distractions and I think a writer is always looking for distractions.

    Song   Writing   Thinking  
  • One of the most modern pretenders to inspiration is the Book of Mormon. I could not blame you should you laugh outright while I read aloud a page from that farrago.

    Charles Spurgeon (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 37”, p.62, Delmarva Publications, Inc.
  • Do you remember the 21st night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders While chasing the clouds away Our hearts were ringing In the key that our souls were singing. As we danced in the night, Remember how the stars stole the night away.

    Stars   Heart   Night  
    "September". Song by Al Mc Kay, Allee Willis, Maurice White, 1971.
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