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title: "18 Denial Reality Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Denial Reality quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Denial Reality sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Delusion is denial of reality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/delusion-is-denial-of-reality/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [“Hope is the denial of reality. - Raistlin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-weis/hope-is-the-denial-of-reality-raistlin/)

[Margaret Weis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-weis/)

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> [Hope is the denial of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-weis/hope-is-the-denial-of-reality/)

[Margaret Weis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-weis/)

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> [If you live in denial reality comes back to haunt you at some point and bites you in the heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-live-in-denial-reality-comes-back-to-haunt-you-at-some-point/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Pessimism is a denial of the reality of God and the power man draws from being connected to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arianna-huffington/pessimism-is-a-denial-of-the-reality-of-god-and-the-power-man-draws/)

[Arianna Huffington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arianna-huffington/)

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> [Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/dreams-of-innocence-are-just-that-they-usually-depend-on-a-denial-of/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgment of the power of the mind to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-baldwin/wonder-is-not-a-pollyanna-stance-not-a-denial-of-reality-wonder-is-an-2/)

[Christina Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-baldwin/)

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> [To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/to-deny-that-human-beings-are-filled-with-anti-social-passions/)

[Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/)

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> [Denying that race matters is irrational in the face of segregation and all of the other forms of obvious racial inequity in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/denying-that-race-matters-is-irrational-in-the-face-of-segregation/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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> [Virtual reality is a denial of reality. We need to be open to the powers of imagination, which brings something useful to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hayao-miyazaki/virtual-reality-is-a-denial-of-reality-we-need-to-be-open-to-the/)

[Hayao Miyazaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hayao-miyazaki/)

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> [A denial of the reality of demonical possessions on the part of anyone who believes the Gospel narrative to be true and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-mckendree-bounds/a-denial-of-the-reality-of-demonical-possessions-on-the-part-of/)

[Edward McKendree Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-mckendree-bounds/)

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> [“Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-weis/hope-is-the-denial-of-reality-it-is-the-carrot-dangled-before-the-2/)

[Margaret Weis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-weis/)

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> [If you turn on the television, you'll find the mothers of the most obvious criminals that man could ever diagnose, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/if-you-turn-on-the-television-you-ll-find-the-mothers-of-the-most/)

[Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/)

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> [We increasingly live in societies based on the vocabulary of 'choice' and a denial of reality - a denial of massive inequality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/we-increasingly-live-in-societies-based-on-the-vocabulary-of-choice/)

[Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/)

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> [“Giving anyone the benefit of the doubt is expected. Innocent until proven guilty; that’s the law. But denial of reality is simply,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/giving-anyone-the-benefit-of-the-doubt-is-expected-innocent-until/)

[Joseph Befumo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-befumo/)

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> [That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior…I think Obama gets up every morning with a worldview that is fundamentally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newt-gingrich/that-is-the-most-accurate-predictive-model-for-his-behavior-i-think/)

[Newt Gingrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/newt-gingrich/)

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> [There's a two-tier justice system. And anyone who denies it is either naive or in denial. This is what the reality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-kasparian/there-s-a-two-tier-justice-system-and-anyone-who-denies-it-is-either/)

[Ana Kasparian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-kasparian/)

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> [Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-christina/religion-is-a-belief-in-invisible-beings-inaudible-voices-intangible/)

[Greta Christina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-christina/)

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