#illusion

My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business. ↗

— Harry Houdini

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The world is real. Consciousness is the illusion. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#illusion #real #world

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality. ↗

— Herman Wouk

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People say I play real loud. I don't, actually. I'm recorded loud and a lot of that is because we have good engineers. Mick knows what a good drum sound is as well, so that's part of the illusion really. I can't play loud. ↗

— Charlie Watts

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Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion. ↗

— David Cronenberg

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Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

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The secret to film is that it's an illusion. ↗

— George Lucas

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Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions. ↗

— Henry R. Luce

#i #illusions #man #me #objective

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions. ↗