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I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

Alan Watts
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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
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The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

Robert Lynd
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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
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Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

Sheila Ballantyne
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Junior has no illusions that he's 25, but he'll go at it and work hard. If everything is working out, he'll play.

Brian Goldberg
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Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that you live, if you do.

Elizabeth Bowen
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What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.

Joseph Roux
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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Simone Weil
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When our knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by the illusions of our senses.

Walter Russell
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Life is full of obstacle illusions.

Grant Frazier
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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Mark Twain
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Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.

Barbara Kingsolver
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My illusions range from romance to rowdiness.

Curtis Adams
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We have no illusions about it. The status quo won't hold. We have to go in with new, interesting ideas that are cost-effective.

Wayne Clarkson
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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Joseph Roux
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To win 5-0 against anybody you can't really complain but I'm under no illusions because they weren't the best of sides.

Steve Johnson
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People say, 'Oh, the bartender knows what he's doing.' Well, the bartender does know what he's doing in a lot of cases, but he falls victim to these illusions.

Brian Wansink
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Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.

Giotto Di Bondone
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I seek the presidency with no illusions.

Ted Kennedy
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I'm not having any illusions that it will be a piece of cake.

Fran Wallis
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Let there be no illusions, ... The communion is broken and fragmented. The communion will break.

Peter Akinola
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I don't have any illusions that I'll become rich off this project.

Ben Wagner
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An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.

Arthur Miller
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Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

Edwin Way Teale
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The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

Antonio Gramsci
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We are under no illusions. It won't happen quickly. It's not about blame or guilt. It's about identifying who's doing things and who's not.

Eric Rofes
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It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.

Ellis Peters
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