Pretend to be something you’re not until you are — fake it until you’re successful, until everybody sees you the way you want them.

1. Pretend to be something you’re not until you are — fake it until you’re successful, until everybody sees you the way you want them to; or 2. Pretend to be making something until you actually make something. I love both readings — you have to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and you have to start doing the work you want to be doing.

Be careful who you pretend to be. You might become it.

To pretend is to know oneself.

Pretend to be making something until you actually make something.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

It is often useful to give the slight impression that you are deliberately pretending not to know what is going on, because the reality may be that you don't know what is going on, but people won't be able to tell the difference.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.

Act as if you don't know me, and i will make it seem as though you don't exist.

Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.’

We're all pretending; that's what events like this are all about.
"Why are we doing it at all?"
"To fit it. Better that we be there to be spoken to than absent to be spoken about."

A tree does not try to be a koala bear. A dog does not try to be a bird. A stone does not pretend it is alive. Why should I pretend I am intelligent, or good-looking, or successful?

You are not an open wound, they just want you to think you are.

Be yourself. A lot of times people try to be who they are not. And obviously, having the passion for whatever it is you're doing.