“That was what it meant to be a woman: to live in an unbearable agony hidden for a time behind smoke and… — Mary Pauline Lowry Copy Share Image
I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway? — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“Perhaps she thought, this was the way everything in America actually was- all smoke and mirrors, with only illusions of grandeur.” — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
“Even on the highest levels it was smoke and mirrors; everyone was furnishing a stage set.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Our show doesn't rely on the typical whistles and bells, and smoke and mirrors. It relies mostly on the music. — Juice Newton Copy Share Image
“The past is as ephemeral as the future—it’s all perspective and smoke and mirrors.” — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
“So why not live with the magic? Be a kid again and believe in the fantastical. Life is more fun with a… — L.H. Cosway Copy Share Image
I like the idea that we build up these walls or rules or laws to maintain our reality, and when they fall… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
This is how women self-sabotage and self-destruct. Unless we have constant witnesses to our hard work, we are convinced we pull off… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we’re not the avatars we create. We’re not the pictures on the film stock. We are the light that shines through… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
“He knew what she knew – that the world they lived in most days was an illusion of safety, that the real… — Reneé Porter Copy Share Image
I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
The more I'm committed to finding a way to genuinely be immersed in someone else's life, the more enjoyment there is in… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, we're consumed by our love of money and status. We think bigger is better, and if we… — Jen Lilley Copy Share Image
I guess I kind of don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture. It just… — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
If you are an expert in modern economics, then you are an expert in smoke and mirrors, because that's what modern economics… — The Free World Charter Copy Share Image
When you learn how to trust your feelings then you'll know how to recognize it - That part of you that needs… — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
“all states can be parceled into four types: pluralist, in which the state is seen by its people as having moral legitimacy;… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
“It was a life lesson I learned way too early. Pick your heart up off the floor when it was smashed, put… — Adriana Locke Copy Share Image
I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like… — Christina Dodd Copy Share Image
“I allow that it is easier to touch the body of a saint, or to be magnetised, than to restrain our appetites… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“There is an inherent, humbling cruelty to learning how to run white water. In most other so-called "adrenaline" sports—skiing, surfing and rock… — Joe Kane Copy Share Image
“All the comics are sigils. "Sigil" as a word is out of date. All this magic stuff needs new terminology because it's… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The true value of somebody in this town is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors. — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“What simple and ordinary lives we live, underneath the shadows of projection screen artists” — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
“Life was a sham. Smoke and mirrors hid the dysfunctional lives all of us lived.” — Tiffany King Copy Share Image
If Hip Hop is all smoke and mirrors, then I'm the Windex and a napkin New dudes is whack, some vet's is… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
And let's all be honest here; more of us believe in the American hero Sheriff Joe Arpaio's thorough investigation into your phony… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I get this weird, existential crisis when I'm looking through Instagram - and then I'll realize we work in entertainment. We know… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I know the music industry is based on a lot of smoke and mirrors in a lot of cases, such as making… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of having actual magic performed as stage magic, so you could assume that it was just a trick,… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I'm not an amazing trumpet player. It's mostly smoke and mirrors. You shake the trumpet and it starts to vibrate in a… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
