He'd play dumb but I think he just needed attention.
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Two girls in my car play dumb and don't pay me.
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They won't let you play dumb or give you Racism for Dummies.
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Yes, but just like a narc being asked if they're a cop, always play dumb.
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Of course, to even ask these questions is likely to play dumb in some measure.
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But in this case, it's not your fault, because you, as questioner, can play dumb.
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" The actor continued to play dumb, saying, "I don't know where she's going with this hat thing.
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"The best course of action is to simply play dumb," said Dean M. Roberts, a Manhattan real estate lawyer.
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Beyond airplanes, you could probably play dumb and say you didn't know the rules if you did get caught.
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Another way to let someone save face—and this is particularly appropriate for group settings —is to play dumb.
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But having intervened in the electoral endgame, he can't play dumb and just walk away from the bomb he threw.
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As we saw this week, companies sharing and selling this data then play dumb to the scope of the obvious problem.
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Stephen Colbert was appalled to hear Trump use the term, and said the president can't possibly play dumb about its history.
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I finish my episode of So You Think You Can Dance and play dumb games on my phone until B. gets home.
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Your poker face is enviable, Capricorn, and you can play dumb or act like you're in the know better than anyone else can.
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And in response, some high-profile members of the NBA have done little more than play dumb and make milquetoast statements about democracy.
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It takes a very smart actor to play dumb as well as he does, mining Ray's inarticulateness for humor that is never cruel.
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Among all those whose lives are wrapped up in the fate of the league, there is an evenly distributed incentive to play dumb.
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On one hand, if Italy has to green-light each strike, then it's harder for the Italian government to play dumb if something terrible happens.
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The leak means censure is no longer an option, and Claire really has to play dumb and pretend she had no knowledge of her husband's dealings.
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No man, especially one with delts so huge that they need to call their own Uber, should have to play dumb to be considered sexually attractive.
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And he needed to, well, play dumb — at least outside the water, where his character is caught up in a doping scandal that could derail a lucrative future.
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Though more than 55 million women now have access to no-cost birth control, it could be taken away without a single vote, all while the makers of the AHCA play dumb.
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I'll sit there, play dumb while the little blue route gets drawn on their GPS and watch as their temples throb with irritation then respond to small talk while they seethe through clenched jaw.
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"There is a limit to how many times you can play dumb when it comes to events and actions that take place on your watch," said Brandon Dillon, chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party.
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With lyrics like "Don't play stupid/Don't play dumb/Vagina's where you're really from," and the use of another word for that part of the female anatomy, the questions about Trump have naturally arisen.
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And American companies, in turn, were often inclined to play dumb and look the other way: Even as they were being robbed silly, they didn't want to jeopardize their access to China's nearly 1.4 billion consumers.
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Paige may come out on top, but Keough gives an equally intense performance as a two-timing frenemy, the kind of person who can play dumb when confronted, but is conniving enough to rope people into schemes.
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I'm tired of walking on egg shells to spare someone else or an entity the embarrassment and shame of being in the wrong... My impulses were always to play dumb to unprofessional, insulting, and vulgar behavior as a courtesy to the offender.
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So just know that you can play dumb as much as you want, but if you ordered too much food, you might get a better outcome by conceding your surrender rather than questioning the origin of the plate of udon that just arrived on your table.
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The phrase captured this familiar process: the willful misreading being wielded as a threat; the vexing figure pretending to care about something important in order to accomplish something vengeful or petty; the galling attempts to play dumb; the sneering claim that, well, I didn't make the rules.
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Producer Dave Sitek goes full earworm on the pro-sex feminism of "Straight Outta Vagina," whose "Don't play stupid don't play dumb/Vagina's where you're really from" has been tagged for cis-sexism by a Pitchfork reviewer who failed to address the related grievances of the Caesarian section community.
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Their agenda is to keep making money, and when it comes to high-stakes decisions about who can say what online, the most lucrative option is often to play dumb Donald Trump Jr.'s Instagram Is a Shakespearean Tragedy The president's eldest son is just like us — which is to say, he reads the comments.
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As AD notes in its feature on Kris, she may sometimes play dumb on screen about things like the proper pronunciation 0f Le Corbusier, but in actuality, she has ultra-sophisticated taste and a collection that's basically a who's who of important 20th-century furniture designers, including Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, and Jean Royère.
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The early 1990s were her peak — a small, spicy part in "Cadillac Man"; the emotional center of Spike Lee's third-rail social melodrama "Jungle Fever"; a starring role in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," which needed her to play dumb until the light bulb that had been on the fritz for 100 minutes stayed on long enough to show her that the nanny from hell needed to be sent straight back.
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One was rented on the day of the murder to Arlington Larmont: Anthony Lincoln was an alias. Jesse discovers that the car was dropped off in Toronto, and the state police find the couple registered at a Toronto hotel, where they are picked up by local police. Jesse drives up to confront the couple, who play dumb. Jesse responds by kneeing Arlington in the groin.
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By now Madge is convinced that Johnny knows the true killer and begs him to talk, still not suspecting Johnny's own involvement. Pop also appeals to Johnny's conscience. Fred's lawyer, Carey (John Litel), eventually deduces that Johnny took Fred's gun and was responsible for its presence at the murder, but without evidence the district attorney (Herbert Rawlinson) will not request a stay of Fred's execution. Through all this, Johnny continues to "play dumb".
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His follow-up play Dumb Show was staged at the Royal Court Theatre in 2004, focusing on tabloid journalism. It was directed by Terry Johnson. Penhall has called this a 'small light play' as opposed to the 'huge dark play' Blue/Orange. Landscape With Weapon, about the invention of a weapon of mass destruction, was first performed at the National Theatre in 2007, directed again by Roger Michell and starring Tom Hollander and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
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Pursuing an academic career in science was unusual for a woman in North America in the 1950s, where, post- war, young men entered science in great numbers and women were pressured to make way. At Harbord, however, Freedhoff did not face opposition, recalling "In high school it never occurred to me that I would have to play dumb to get dates. Nobody ever really discouraged me. The teachers really encouraged me, and nobody taught me that there was anything wrong with having a career".
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Following Tim and Nikki's entrance, the HouseGuests gathered around to meet them, most not happy while some hoping to take advantage of their arrival. Tim had fit right in understanding how to play the game but deciding to play dumb while Nikki had a panic attack as the realization of being in the house hits her. Later in the night everyone except for Loveita, Nikki, and Tim, went head-to-head in the Big Brother Roast Head of Household competition. Canada was asked to give their first impressions of the HouseGuests.
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They dismissed any allegations that Siraj was duped into the crime, stating that he was trying to "play dumb" rather than admit to his actual intentions. The fiery statements he made regarding the United States and his anti-American sentiment made him a dangerous individual at best. Eldawoody testified that "The defendant said that if anyone did... [a rape or murder] to his family, he would do the same thing, meaning a suicide bomb."Undercover officer testifies in 2004 bomb plot case Rantburg One of Siraj's friends testified against him as well.
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When Linda's little baby figurines don't fetch much at a pawn shop, Louise convinces her to sell Bob's espresso machine. The next day, Teddy decides to try a cup of espresso after all, and not having thought he'd actually make a sale, Louise and Linda play dumb about Bob's missing espresso machine. Jimmy Jr. stops by and spills the beans about Gene being at the expensive baseball camp because his little brothers, Andy and Olly, are there too. Tina, in a caffeine withdrawal craze, breaks some of her mom's baby figurines to try and force a confession out of her.
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The announcement included a link to a short teaser video on YouTube that included clips of the band recording the album in a church in Valle di Preone in the northern Italian mountains and the track listing of the 10-song album. The music video to "Play Dumb" was released on 13 January 2014. The video features lead singer George Waite being forced to sit through a makeover, dressing him up "into something he could never be", highlighting the band's reluctance to compromise for people who don't support them. On Valentine's Day, 14 February 2014, the boys released a music video to "Holy Innocents", the fifth track from Soapbox.
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" As well as the team's tough guy, B. A. was a genius mechanic but afraid of flying. When asked at a press conference whether he was as stupid as B. A. Baracus, Mr. T observed quietly, "It takes a smart guy to play dumb." The series was a major hit, and B. A. Baracus in particular quickly became a cult character and the unofficial star of the show, reportedly sparking tensions with seasoned actor George Peppard, although Mr. T always maintained that these were unfounded rumors. His role in The A-Team led to him making an appearance in the long-running sit-com Diff'rent Strokes in the sixth season opener "Mr.
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Hui accepts this idea, and the two of them and employee Fly (Ricky Hui) will fabricate gossip to support a headline for the next issue. This trio decide to spy on Sandy Cheung (Catherine Hung), who has a reputation for purity and innocence in the entertainment industry, and is to marry the son of jewellery magnate. They follow her to a beauty salon, planning to take photos of her having a breast transplant, hoping to cause a scandal, but she turns out to be there for routine skin care. Later, they play dumb and gain Sandy's sympathy to get close to her, and succeed in taking intimate pictures of Sandy with Bill, to support an infidelity scandal about her.
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The film also benefits from the sly touch of Elaine May, who collaborated with Ronald Bass (Rain Man) on this screen adaptation of Johnson's 1992 memoir, My Posse Don't Do Homework… Maybe producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Bad Boys, Crimson Tide) don't know how to let a strong female character carry the ball. Dangerous Minds often unspools like a hokey update of Sidney Poitier's To Sir With Love. Still, in a summer when most women are forced to play dumb and strip to thrill or kill, Pfeiffer does herself and her endangered species proud." Kevin McManus in The Washington Post wrote: "Unhappily, Dangerous Minds, which tells the story of such a [charismatic] teacher, merits only a C. And if it weren't for Michelle Pfeiffer, we'd surely be looking at a more dismal grade… writer Ronald Bass sprinkles the script with saccharine lines that sound plain dumb coming from high schoolers.
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