Whether pretending to be a British aristocrat in New York or unsentimentally confronting his dismal childhood, De Feo's hit man is extremely likable, and the novel emerges as a study of the delights and dangers of reinvention.
Whether pretending that the war on terror -- not tax cuts, which have cost the Treasury three times as much -- is responsible for record deficits, or that those hugely elitist tax cuts are targeted on working families, or that opening up wilderness areas to loggers is a fire-prevention plan, Mr. Bush has taken misrepresentation of his own policies to a level never before seen in America.
The same pattern of conformity, whether pretended or sincere, continued through Calvert's early life.
Before the film starts, Tommy condescends to do a short Q & A. The questions often mock him: "Tommy, are you following the same fitness regime as when you made the film?" But it is impossible to know whether he actually feels mocked or whether he is pretending to misunderstand the question: "Yes, yes," he says dismissively.
Try your best and socialize with the girls, whether it be pretending to fix their hair for them or playing patty-cake.
One of the most powerful lessons has been how strongly my behavior influences how I feel when I experiment with different levels of status (whether I'm pretending to be a lowly Ph.D. student or an all-powerful professor).
'Whether it was pretending to be the perfect sportsman or a man changing the world through the power of guns, I was bored of the fantasy.
"Whether it was pretending to be the perfect sportsman or a man changing the world through the power of guns, I was bored of the fantasy.
So whether we're pretending that we know what our partners want or refusing to listen to our children when they express their needs and desires, the fact that cis men are socialized to value our own intuition and voice above that of others can play out in abusive ways.
Bundy, often referred to as the "Lady Killer" and Campus Killer"—many of his victims were college-aged used his good looks, college-aged usednality, and manipulative tactics to prey on victims, whisher that meant pretendingood be a polooksofficharismatic their trust or wearing fake casts and crutches to elicit sympersonality
Whether it was pretending to launch his child over the side of a bannister or fabricate his child's death in a dirt bike fire, the child was always in on it, and it was Smith who cried the tears of anguish.
