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I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting.

— Tom Bodett

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

— Virat Kohli

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.

— Tom Bodett

I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.

— Anson Mount

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

— Margot Fonteyn

There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.

— Daniel Boulud

I've always been covered by a press that's mostly financial press.

— Donald Trump

I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me.

— Judd Nelson

Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom.

— P. J. O'Rourke

✗Opposing Perspectives

I come from an Irish working-class background but went to a posh school, and any type of pretension was quickly mocked at home. I've always had a keen eye for pretension.

— Stephen Mangan