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Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions:… — Eugene Ionesco
When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window… — Richard K. Morgan
The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences,… — Christopher McCandless
Yes, its one of the basic truths of the universe,....Things don't disappear. They just change, and change and change again. — Jim Henson
I sipped my own coffee, heavy on the sugar and cream, trying to make up for the late work the night before. Caffeine and sugar,… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Any system which says, This is a rotten world, wait for the next, give up, do nothing, succumb--that may be the basic Lie and if… — Philip K. Dick
â€ŽPeople have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the… — Francis Schaeffer
To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central… — Edward Abbey
The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half that amount we… — John Perkins
I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of… — Ian Fleming
The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal! — FranÃ§ois Lelord
The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistent as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population,… — Mark Levin
Math is like water. It has a lot of difficult theories, of course, but its basic logic is very simple. Just as water flows from… — Haruki Murakami
No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious… — Barack Obama
Additionally, Liesl and Po is the embodiment of what writing has always been for me at its purest and most basic--not a paycheck, certainly; not… — Lauren Oliver
Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is… — Ambrose Bierce
The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: "I think, therefore I am." He had, in… — Eckhart Tolle
Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself. — Alain de Botton
Many people lack the basic equipment to be in a relationship and there's nothing you can do to change it. You can't take a skunk… — Sherry Argov

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