"Reality is always so obstructive."

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Source : Eric Ambler (2008). “Epitaph for a Spy”, p.77, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Eric Ambler

#Reality Quotes

“All fear has ever done is hold me back. I have so many things I want to accomplish in my life. For myself and for the world. Fear is useless; it just gets in the way of accomplishing everything Overcome fear today and and confront one of your phobias.”
“If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being.”
“I need my career. That's what validates me.”

Source : "Break Time Is Over : Anita Baker's last album was in 1990. Then everyone thought she was lost to motherhood. Guess everybody forgot to ask the important person: Baker". Interview with Dennis Hunt, articles.latimes.com. September 18, 1994.
“You know, I watched the original 'Same Time, Next Year' on DVD about ten times this year, and I cried all ten times.”
“Thank goodness I had a great family growing up, a great foundation. But I will say my faith, my parents, my family, all that stuff is very, very important. And I'll say that until the day I die.”
“We start dying when we have nothing worth living for. And we don't really start living until we find something worth dying for”

Source : Mark Batterson (2009). “Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God”, p.16, Multnomah
“Only ignorance! only ignorance! how can you talk about only ignorance? Don't you know that it is the worst thing in the world, next to wickedness? -- and which does the most mischief heaven only knows. If people can say, `Oh! I did not know, I did not mean any harm,' they think it is all right.”

Source : Anna Sewell (2013). “Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse”, p.65, Lulu Press, Inc
“Direct cinema is about simulating a reality in which you're not having the overwhelming influence that you really are having.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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