"I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in reality, or exist in reality without existing in opinion, the conclusion is that of the two parallel lives, only opinion is necessary â€“ not reality, which is only a secondary consideration."

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Source : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (2010). “The Devil's Church and Other Stories”, p.6, University of Texas Press

Machado de Assis

#Reality Quotes #Two Quotes #Opinion Quotes

“Because you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical.”
“The car suddenly veered off the road and we came to a sliding halt in the gravel. I was hurled against the dashboard. My attorney was slumped over the wheel. â€œWhatâ€™s wrong?â€ I yelled. â€œWe canâ€™t stop here. This is bat country!”
“If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.”
“I want to be careful to not stray too far away from what Batman is to me, but adding that element takes you in some directions that haven't been explored quite as much with the character.”

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“Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.”
“What did Bush do on 9/11? He ran away and hid. Even Reagan knew more about leadership than that, and he was as bad a symbol of America as I can think of, off-hand. But at least he's been in enough cowboy movies to know he had to come out and stand on top of the rubble and be seen shaking his fist or something.”
“I'd really want to - just from my own experience as an artist working with a writer, I'd want to do everything I could to tailor it to the artist I was working with.”

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“The moment of cocoa-drinking was always the moment of confidences.”

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