Why do you think posers pose? Because they want to be invited to the dominion of the real. And they know their very desire for it disqualifies them.

Sam Lipsyte
About This Quote

This is a quote from the movie The Matrix. In it, Morpheus explains to Neo that those who pose as something they are not do so because they want to be accepted by those who are truly qualified to have the real thing.

Source: The Fun Parts

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