You hear things like, ‘People shouldn’t know about your life because you’re creating an illusion on-screen.’ But I don’t see other actresses… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
I see a sense of unity in the universe. Spirituality is not limited to only one religion. One can experience it across… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
Modern, effective leadership means moving beyond the 'grand illusion' to engage the mass population and to align business with societal goals. — Richard Edelman Copy Share Image
Where the Old Masters created an illusion of space into which one could imagine walking, the illusion created by a Modernist is… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
I will tell you something that you don't want to hear: Autumn is ugly! Look at the dying leaves! There is no… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long… — Suzanne Pleshette Copy Share Image
Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of… — Cody Lundin Copy Share Image
Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Our beliefs shape how we perceive reality to be, and the belief that shapes our current perception of reality was adopted by… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
We see only the script and not the paper on which the script is written. The paper is there, whether the script… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“He then explained his new philosophy, which followed the devastating discovery that Love and Friendship were the veriest illusions. He explained that… — R.K. Narayan Copy Share Image
“As I went over to say good-by I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby's face, as though… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Obviously invidious and prejudicial stereotypes need to be deconstructed and overcome, but it's not that they can be destroyed. I think that… — W. J. T. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Your writer, your scientist, your chief official, all have lost the power to revive the early illusion concerning fame and high place.… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
They're not even within 100 miles of Baghdad. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Copy Share Image
“As usual, small towns like this were full of those who needed entertainment and whilst money was difficult to earn, the philosophy… — Christopher Byford Copy Share Image
“They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Time is an illusion, only the keepers of the illusion are real, and the reality they have spun, keeps us, until we… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not… — Eve Arnold Copy Share Image
Once we've achieved perfect meditation, we're terribly trapped because that's an illusion...any enlightenment that seems ultimate is an illusion. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sometimes, as we practice jnana yoga, we feel that life has no meaning, no purpose. We feel that there is no reason… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The ingrained image of black men being searched by the police feeds into the collective illusion that black men everywhere need to… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
“They seemed to be locked behind built-in notions and no-nos, unaware of the mystery living through them or of the dance of… — James Broughton Copy Share Image
“Power was an illusion of perception, as Jasnah had said. The first step to being in control was to see yourself as… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Until we heal the root cause of our suffering, and awaken to our true nature, our inherent confusion will continue to manifest… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
And how much better to die in all the happy period of undisillusioned youth, to go out in a blaze of light,… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane,… — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
“And he couldn't stand to be nothing, to know himself to be nothing. He needs to be listened to, he needs to… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted… — Priscilla Presley Copy Share Image
Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral in the Arab-Israeli dispute - an illusion of course,… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Pick a theme for your material, and stick to it for the entirety of the piece. The repetition of certain key phrases,… — Ivo Graham Copy Share Image
The most important quality of art and its aim is illusion; emotion, which is often obtained by certain sacrifices of poetic detail,… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
