"What are we afraid of? We're afraid of the truth. We're pretending that we live in a democracy, and we're pretending we're free. The insanity is that we live inside of the false stories that we tell each other."

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Source : Source: progressive.org

Jodie Evans

#Insanity Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Pretending Quotes

“A film is a machine made of images”
“The curtain of the universe is moth-eaten, and through its holes we see nothing now but mask and ghost.”
“I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.”
“I couldnâ€™t see Pritkinâ€™s face very well, just a pale blur against the shadows, but he didnâ€™t sound happy. Some people thought he had only one mode... pissed off. In reality, he had plenty of them. Over the past few weeks, Iâ€™d learned to tell the difference between real pissed off, impatient pissed off and scared pissed off. I suspected that this was the last kind. If so, that made two of us.”
“With a profession such as investing, people see the 'doing' as the buying and selling. It is difficult to come home from work, and answer your spouse's question, 'what did you do today?' with 'well, I read a lot, and I talked a little.' If you're not buying or selling, you may feel you aren't doing anything.”
“Who do I like best, men or women? I think it really depends on what for!”
“I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.”
“A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.”

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