#lucid

How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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Asleep you can experience many hours whilst only a few waking moments have passed. This is why dreams are an ideal platform for training. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident. ↗

— Sidney Lumet

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I would describe myself as quite sane and lucid, which is why I'm still alive. ↗

— John McAfee

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It is the mission of the twentieth century to elucidate the irrational. ↗

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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