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Pretentious is just a word for a smart new age movie you didn't like. dick cavett you sound pretentious
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David started in a band called The Pretentious but "was just kind of bored, and wanted to try something new".
ConCoCtion's Last Stand Article - ConCoCtion's MySpace Blog | ConCoCtion 2010
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Now there's an overrated director: Christopher "Pretentious" Nolan. mchops
Could Jack the Giant Killer Mean Bryan Singer is Not Available to Direct X-Men: First Class? | /Film 2010
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"Pretentious" is mostly just a word used by people who can't comprehend a movie.
TIFF Review: The Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man | /Film 2009
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"Pretentious" wasn't the right word, and I'm sorry if I offended you!
Author Bios Julianne Douglas 2008
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"'Pretentious' isn't inherently a bad word," insists Aaron Hillis at the Reeler.
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"Pretentious" is a word that's been ascribed by some Filipinos to my work.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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'Pretentious' bishops hit over Cabral resignation call
WN.com - Articles related to PHILIPPINES: Planning for the "Big One" 2010
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"Pretentious" is also, it's worth remembering, just another way of saying "I don't get it", and it seems hazardous, to say the least, to establish one's own understanding as the benchmark of artistic merit.
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Lobbyist Dick Armey's Pollution Gospel: 'As An Article Of Faith,' It Is 'Pretentious' To Believe In Global Warming Right-Wing Harassment Strategy Against Dems Detailed In Memo: 'Yell,' 'Stand Up And Shout Out,' 'Rattle Him'
legitgov 2009
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