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title: "18 Play Pretend Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Play Pretend quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Play Pretend sayings and thoughts."
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> [I smile and play pretend through the Morning Show in the kitchen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/i-smile-and-play-pretend-through-the-morning-show-in-the-kitchen/)

[Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/)

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> [“You can't play pretend forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/you-can-t-play-pretend-forever/)

[Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/)

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> [Kids play pretend. I think that kids can be the best actors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gordon-levitt/kids-play-pretend-i-think-that-kids-can-be-the-best-actors/)

[Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-gordon-levitt/)

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> [Oh you a good girl? It's cool, I play pretend too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/new-boyz/oh-you-a-good-girl-it-s-cool-i-play-pretend-too/)

[New Boyz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/new-boyz/)

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> [Even as a kid I would play pretend and wish I was an adult, and now that I'm an adult I sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-rowsell/even-as-a-kid-i-would-play-pretend-and-wish-i-was-an-adult-and-now/)

[Ellie Rowsell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellie-rowsell/)

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> [We play pretend for a living. That's ridiculous in itself. I really feel like we're the lucky ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-faist/we-play-pretend-for-a-living-that-s-ridiculous-in-itself-i-really/)

[Mike Faist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-faist/)

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> [Growing up everyone wanted to play pretend, now I do it everyday, pretending like I'm okay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author-name/growing-up-everyone-wanted-to-play-pretend-now-i-do-it-everyday/)

[Author Name](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/author-name/)

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> [The ability to play pretend is something that everyone has access to; you see little kids doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dallas-howard/the-ability-to-play-pretend-is-something-that-everyone-has-access-to/)

[Bryce Dallas Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dallas-howard/)

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> [We play pretend in kindergarden... why we still doing it in high school? GROW UP AND BE YOSELF we might like it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-play-pretend-in-kindergarden-why-we-still-doing-it-in-high-school/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Some people just want to make up the funny things and play pretend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-f-tompkins/some-people-just-want-to-make-up-the-funny-things-and-play-pretend/)

[Paul F. Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-f-tompkins/)

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> [When you get to play pretend for a living and do it with really talented people, it's really fun to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-handley/when-you-get-to-play-pretend-for-a-living-and-do-it-with-really/)

[Taylor Handley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-handley/)

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> [You're never satisfied here we go again. We're sick like animals, we play pretend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neon-trees/you-re-never-satisfied-here-we-go-again-we-re-sick-like-animals-we/)

[Neon Trees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neon-trees/)

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> [I understand that what I do for a living is to play pretend and have a good time - so if I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myha-la/i-understand-that-what-i-do-for-a-living-is-to-play-pretend-and-have/)

[Myha'la](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myha-la/)

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> [I just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bailey-chase/i-just-really-enjoy-the-ritual-of-going-to-work-and-playing-which-is/)

[Bailey Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bailey-chase/)

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> [When I was a kid and I would play pretend, I would end up with blood everywhere and I would cut my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-butler/when-i-was-a-kid-and-i-would-play-pretend-i-would-end-up-with-blood/)

[Austin Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-butler/)

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> [“It’s simply easier to play pretend, to accept the crazy rules and silence yourself, blind yourself, so that you can somehow endure”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-s-wrights/it-s-simply-easier-to-play-pretend-to-accept-the-crazy-rules-and/)

[D.S. Wrights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-s-wrights/)

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> [Honestly, I think I was in kindergarten. I remember seeing a play and realizing that was what I wanted to do. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-hahn/honestly-i-think-i-was-in-kindergarten-i-remember-seeing-a-play-and/)

[Kathryn Hahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-hahn/)

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> [“We're going to have to play pretend," Sam says. He has no idea how good I am at playing pretend. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-re-going-to-have-to-play-pretend-sam-says-he-has-no-idea-how-good/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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