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Illusion Quotes

The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice! Picture Quote #1

Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice can be perpetuated by the capacity to kill, or that disputes are necessarily best resolved by resort to violent means Picture Quote #1

Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere. And if it isn’t paid at the cash register, it’s charged to the environment or to the public purse in the form of subsidies. And it’s charged to your health Picture Quote #1

Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love, in service to mankind. Within the worldly illusion, we all have different jobs. Some of us are artists, some of us are business people, some of us are scientists. But in the real world that lies beyond all this, we all have the same job: to minister to human hearts Picture Quote #1

The willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of things by seeing through the illusory nature of things. We don’t come to nirvana by avoiding samsara. We don’t come to clarity by avoiding confusion Picture Quote #1

Three characteristics a work of fiction must possess in order to be successful: 1. It must have a precise and suspenseful plot. 2. The author must feel a passionate urge to write it. 3. He must have the conviction, or at least the illusion, that he is the only one who can handle this particular theme Picture Quote #1

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You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it’s like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed, or a static result to be achieved. If you want to succeed, if you want to achieve all your outcomes, you have to think of success as a process, a way of life, a habit of mind, a strategy for life Picture Quote #1

If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened before it can be called into battle, so on the other we do not doubt that as much enlightenment as possible must be produced with oral and printed agitation Picture Quote #1

I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted to have children. I wanted him to be a husband. It was never going to be that way. It couldn’t be that way Picture Quote #1

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one Picture Quote #1

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false Picture Quote #1

I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion Picture Quote #1

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The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again! Picture Quote #1

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile Picture Quote #1

He didn’t maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way! Picture Quote #1

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true Picture Quote #1

Did I choose this life of illusion? Don’t be mad. My bed was made, I just lied in it Picture Quote #1

Because no battle is ever won. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. Be different! Picture Quote #1

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It is the shared bad faith by which individuals help each other sustain the illusion that they can shirk their spiritual destiny by joining the public Picture Quote #1

The occupation and robbery of a nation occurs under the illusion of freeing its citizens from brutal oppression Picture Quote #1

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness Picture Quote #1

One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one’s mind Picture Quote #1

I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer Picture Quote #1

Every perception of colour is an illusion... We do not see colours as they really are. In our perception they alter one another Picture Quote #1

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As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish Picture Quote #1

Permanence was always an illusion, and love was just the disguise that lovers wore to hide the death of their union from each other for a while Picture Quote #1

If, as is nearly always the case, music appears to express something, this is only an illusion, and not a reality Picture Quote #1

The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion Picture Quote #1

Any individual entity that pretends to understand the rules that guide this space is under an illusion Picture Quote #1

It will never be outmoded as long as the systole and diastole of human life survives, and men fluctuate between progress and reaction, growth and decline, hope and illusion Picture Quote #1

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The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice! (Illusion Quotes) Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice can be perpetuated by the capacity to kill, or that disputes are necessarily best resolved by resort to violent means (Illusion Quotes) Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere. And if it isn’t paid at the cash register, it’s charged to the environment or to the public purse in the form of subsidies. And it’s charged to your health (Illusion Quotes) Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love, in service to mankind. Within the worldly illusion, we all have different jobs. Some of us are artists, some of us are business people, some of us are scientists. But in the real world that lies beyond all this, we all have the same job: to minister to human hearts (Illusion Quotes) The willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of things by seeing through the illusory nature of things. We don’t come to nirvana by avoiding samsara. We don’t come to clarity by avoiding confusion (Illusion Quotes) Three characteristics a work of fiction must possess in order to be successful: 1. It must have a precise and suspenseful plot. 2. The author must feel a passionate urge to write it. 3. He must have the conviction, or at least the illusion, that he is the only one who can handle this particular theme (Illusion Quotes) You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it’s like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed, or a static result to be achieved. If you want to succeed, if you want to achieve all your outcomes, you have to think of success as a process, a way of life, a habit of mind, a strategy for life (Illusion Quotes) If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened before it can be called into battle, so on the other we do not doubt that as much enlightenment as possible must be produced with oral and printed agitation (Illusion Quotes) I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted to have children. I wanted him to be a husband. It was never going to be that way. It couldn’t be that way (Illusion Quotes) The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one (Illusion Quotes) It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false (Illusion Quotes) I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion (Illusion Quotes) The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again! (Illusion Quotes) That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile (Illusion Quotes) He didn’t maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way! (Illusion Quotes) A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true (Illusion Quotes) Did I choose this life of illusion? Don’t be mad. My bed was made, I just lied in it (Illusion Quotes) Because no battle is ever won. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. Be different! (Illusion Quotes) It is the shared bad faith by which individuals help each other sustain the illusion that they can shirk their spiritual destiny by joining the public (Illusion Quotes) The occupation and robbery of a nation occurs under the illusion of freeing its citizens from brutal oppression (Illusion Quotes) Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness (Illusion Quotes) One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one’s mind (Illusion Quotes) I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer (Illusion Quotes) Every perception of colour is an illusion... We do not see colours as they really are. In our perception they alter one another (Illusion Quotes) As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish (Illusion Quotes) Permanence was always an illusion, and love was just the disguise that lovers wore to hide the death of their union from each other for a while (Illusion Quotes) If, as is nearly always the case, music appears to express something, this is only an illusion, and not a reality (Illusion Quotes) The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion (Illusion Quotes) Any individual entity that pretends to understand the rules that guide this space is under an illusion (Illusion Quotes) It will never be outmoded as long as the systole and diastole of human life survives, and men fluctuate between progress and reaction, growth and decline, hope and illusion (Illusion Quotes)

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