#suspension

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to walk with you through a section of the town, or explain how a suspension bridge really works. ↗

— David McCullough

#doing #explain #helpful #how #people

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief? ↗

— Ed Wood

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The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium. ↗

— Joseph Bologna

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People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

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My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics. ↗

— Traian Basescu

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Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page one. Some are more reality-based. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

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While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

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Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

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