Sentences with phrase «simply pretend»

We can not simply pretend it doesn't exist.

Yes I agree some are likely too quick to put people in the «denier» category but it's also not possible to simply pretend either that the category does not exist or to stop addressing it.

He may simply pretend to spray paint Holy Shit as Dan Colen.

Simply pretend you don't notice him.

It's a phenomenon that people try to sweep under the rug, laugh off, or simply pretend isn't happening; then it gets whispered about in embarrassed tones afterward.

Because these numbers are impossible to wrangle, we simply pretend the distinction doesn't exist.

In the garb of making matches and providing Russian brides, one comes across «loose» girls who'll simply pretend to be a descent Russian girl looking for a match and in fact would only be after your money (remember, Russian girls usually don't ask you for your money!)

Sit in front of the mirror or simply pretend you're with somebody if you do not want to allow somebody else in on your problem.

I guess they figure their own followers are not smart enough to understand the comments, so they can simply pretend they don't exist.

Simply pretend you can't hear them, even if their behavior gets worse.

Why would you simply pretend otherwise?

You wouldn't simply pretend that a cancer patient was suddenly free from his disease.

So you would have people simply pretend that what the bible says is factually believable?

Try not to make judgments about what you see: Simply pretend you're a fly on the wall, and observe as neutrally as possible.

I guess I don't think simply pretending these stories are not there is a viable option for dealing with the text in a faithful, honest way.

You may have faith, but you are simply pretending to know things you do not know (admitting the preceding definition of faith is not mine but I do like it).

You are simply pretending that what you'd like to believe is what is true, when you have nothing to prove it is — and in the case of animals, you are completely without evidence of any kind.

Faith is simply pretending to know things you don't know.

When iffy outcomes happened to themselves, they simply pretended they did not happen.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — who'd all but promised on his soul that there would be no increase — simply pretended the hike wasn't a hike, but a cut.

While Hanushek's rebuttal is devastating, the more important point is that Baker simply pretends it does not exist — he paints a story of academic consensus that is entirely false.

The Court simply pretends this half of the definition does not exist.

But, if you assume that there is such thing as «clean coal» and ignore CO2 emission issues, are you not simply pretending that there is no ecological crisis?

Seismology and geophysics are simply pretending to understand it.

Or perhaps you might want to actually explain why you and Wilde still aren't going to sue the UK police over the supposed «inappropriate» nature of the search warrant, instead of simply pretending that you never mentioned it.

Attitude & Motivation Best Practices Coaching Communication Job Satisfaction Management People Skills Personal Marketing Productivity Professionalism Project Management Troubleshooting Sometimes the client simply pretended she didn't hear my advice, and other times she disagreed with me overtly and did the exact opposite.

Not exact matches

«We can't simply expect to keep Ontario competitive but then pretend that we're not in a competition.»

The «a happy worker is a productive worker» cliche may be false, but customer service is one of the few industries where it is true - you need people who are happy to help and to provide genuine service, not simply gritting their teeth and pretending to smile.

Born in Ethiopia, Kenna Zemedkun, known simply as «Kenna,» moved to the U.S. when he was 3 and has spent much of his life finding solutions to problems that most people either pretend aren't there or do their best to steer clear of.

The only way to go in front of an audience and to present in a way that isn't simply miming is to practice again and again, pretending (if need be) that you're talking to a room full of your closest friends.

It's not enough to simply use actors pretending to be blind, employ people who are actually visually - impaired.

Simply put, «mark - to - market» recognizes asset losses much faster than «extend - and - pretend.»

Once the money is saved, we pretend it's gone, just a like a principal payment on a house that can't be reversed by simply transferring from your equity to your bank account.

In practice, the IMF simply advances however much a government needs to bail out its bankers and bondholders, pretending that more austerity enhances the ability to pay, not worsen it.

The weekly gatherings are no more than a social construct where the like minded can pretend to support a view that's usually outdated, but no new original thinker has come along to displace it, so it's simply «believed» and passed along.

Therefore, anything that Paul said is simply the words of a middle - management Roman tax collector who pretended to speak for a man who was dead before Paul was even born.

It is self - defeating and simply silly to pretend that Jews are not disproportionately represented in many sectors of societal leadership.

I can't and won't pretend to speak for all religions but if you were to summarize Christianity in one sentence it would simply be love God and love your neighbor.

I simply don't want them pretending that their beliefs are facts and that my life should be run according to them.

We simply have cluster of people in our society that insist on pretending its the 11 century?

Evidence has been presented ad infinitum on this site, you simply choose to reject it which is certainly your prerogative, just don't pretend it hasn't been made available.

But Nagel (1970, pp. 217 - 218) believes that «a thought has no location at all»; Feigi (1967, p. 39) writes: «it is simply nonsense to ask about the location of a concept»; and Polten (1973, p. 55) even pretends «that physiologists certainly have not shown any necessary connection of memory with brain tissues and it is arguable that it can not be done in principle.»

In stating in summary fashion the Christian conception of the Kingdom of God we are not pretending that we can see perfectly what this means, nor are we saying that we can arrive at a formal principle which can act as a rule by which all Christian value judgments can be simply made.

Oh stop pretending: We know you and jsdrt are simply running an ad for the new «Dumb and Dumber» movie coming out.

I would have no means of knowing whether this persecution was in fact simply a confidence trick on the part of others, universally pretending sorrow in order to win power over me.

Rollins writes, «A faith that only exist in the light of victory and certainty is one which really affirms the self while pretending to affirm Christ... Only a genuine faith can embrace doubt, for such a faith does not act because of a self - interested reason (such as fear of hell or desire for heaven) but acts simply because it must.»

Thus, to take one example: recently I re-read the Electra of Sophocles, and was amazed by the depth with which it uncovered the degradation into a creature consumed by, indeed virtually living by, the hatred which possesses her, of a woman who initially had simply refused to compromise with truth, and to pretend the situation at the court of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra to be other than itself.

And it's simply because it's easier to pretend that the ten commandments are a precise, definitive, complete, and most importnatly, straightforward and easy to understand list of does and don'ts.

Embracing The Way of the Cross It is not Christian compassion simply to try to wave a magic wand over the realities that have led people into difficulties and pretend they do not exist.

This may make black children especially vulnerable to predation by gays and many will be harmed by this insane push by the radical left to pretend that gays are simply a different form of «normal.»