#illusion

Anything I've done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#birth #daughter #done #existing #gave

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. ↗

— Tony Blair

#always #carry #challenge #disillusion #each

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard. ↗

— Hans Blix

#armed #certainly #denied #destruction #fear

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#albeit #illusion #merely #persistent #reality

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#emptiness #illusion #needed #within

Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#ephemeral #faith #fame #family #film

The truth, my friend, is an awesome thing, to be handled with wisdom and with courage denied to ordinary people. Most of us must make do with illusions. Or else -- or else we could not endure. ↗

— Ruth Tessler Goldstein

#truth #courage

Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. . . . ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#emotion #experience #illusion #perception #art

I don't mean to defend zoos. Close them all down if you want (and let us hope that what wildlife remains can survive in what is left of the natural world). I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusion about freedom plague them both. ↗

— Yann Martel

#illusion #religion #zoo #freedom

He'd been back for about two weeks, and everything in Laurel's life had been thrown into Chaos. Sexy, sexy chaos. ↗

— Aprilynne Pike

#laurel #tamani #life