Winners do not dedicated their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others.
There has, of course, been an element of pretence.
But while there's no pretence that he's started sketching sweaters himself, it's clear that he's hands on.
" "With sex robots and prostitution, you are having a one way relationship with an object or a person that does not return your love except by pretence.
If Turnbull's account is itself trustworthy (it may not be), in the face of extreme hunger, the Ik had abandoned any pretence at ethical behaviour and would lie, cheat and steal whenever possible.
This is the worst possible preparation for corporate life, which demands that everyone goes through the pretence of liking all the people they are forced to work with.
Get the captain and squire down to the cabin, and then make some pretence to send for me.
"Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos, using social networking sites or shopping online under the pretence that it costs millions in lost productivity," said Coker.
Ali Cogia made a movement as if he was taking off the lid, and the little Cadi on his part made a pretence of peering into a vase.
Soon, the shop was filled from morning till night, with people who on the pretence of buying bread came to see if I was as clever as I was reported to be.
Now the old man only made a pretence of renouncing wine; he frequented wine-shops like other people, and had taken none of the precautions Noureddin had proposed.
He certainly saw her being married to a stranger, but that was all in the play, and only a pretence; Knud well knew that.
