#real

We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success. ↗

— River Phoenix

#climbing #consume #corporate #hands #just

Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#constructing #correspond #knowing #less #means

You can't get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a lot of opportunities for atonement. ↗

— Mike Piazza

#baseball #depressed #get #great #happy

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american #because #believe #best #best way

My mind is like a Zoo with no cages... Watch where you step ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#life #reality-of-life #intelligence

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days. ↗

— John Pilger

#days #his #like #litmus #litmus test

I mean, I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#corner #go #i #mean #more

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. ↗

— Pindar

#affection #even #every #gift #given

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#mysterious #reality #truth #vision #art

What I'm having is this conflict in my life right now, that in New York, I see my directing friends and I see acting friends and they've all got this level of passion about either or both of those directions that I've never really found myself having. ↗

— Danny Pintauro

#acting #both #conflict #directing #directions