#disillusioned

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. ↗

— Antonio Gramsci

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It's impossible, I think, however much I'd become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don't think I'd ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#best #change #come #disillusioned #ever

I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

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When I was knowingly misled but only learned that much later, that's really when I started to become disillusioned at the White House. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#disillusioned #house #i #knowingly #later

I do feel part of that generation of people who were rather idealistic in the '70s and became disillusioned in the '80s. Not just about social services issues, but the world. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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...all my life I prayed to a star – Later discovered it was Venus – I was praying to Aphrodite and wondering why she was sending me you -sad... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #poetry #prayer #life

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#because #disillusioned #i #i love #love

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with. ↗

— Luis Palau

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The inaugural morning at Merston High was officially over. It was no longer a mysterious place in Melody's imagination, filled with endless possibilities and hooks on which to hang hopes for a better tomorrow. It was completely - boringly - normal. Like meeting an online crush after months of e-flirting, the reality didn't live up to the fantasy. It was dull, predictable, and way more attractive in the photos. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#disillusioned #hope-and-despair #school #imagination

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

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