#reality

Many of us like to think of financial economics as a science, but complex events like the financial crisis suggest that this conceit may be more wishful thinking than reality. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#conceit #crisis #economics #events #financial

We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#college #daughter #day #debt #door

I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as my guideposts throughout the struggle to reform America's health care system. And it's those same experiences that tell me that fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform. ↗

— Jim McDermott

#care #concerned #doctor #election #experiences

Now that this legislation has passed the House, I look forward to the vote in the Senate that will bring us to Conference, where we can resolve any outstanding issues and make this postal reform reality - for the Postal Service and for all Americans. ↗

— John McHugh

#any #bring #conference #forward #house

The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#becoming #class #great #great achievements #history

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#character #formidable #i #needs #prison

Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#child #distorted #history #knows #lenses

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#exchange #feel #freedom #give #important

I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it. ↗

— Edward Norton

#acting #always #certain #confused #emotional

The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over. ↗

— Kevin O'Leary

#back #cars #family #give #horrible