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«The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.»
«Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so»
«To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is only when we see ourselves as actors in a staged (and therefore unreal) performance that death loses its frightfulness and finality and becomes an act of make-believe and a theatrical gesture. It is one of the main tasks of a real leader to mask the grim reality of dying and killing by evoking in his followers the illusion that they are participating in a grandiose spectacle, a solemn or lighthearted dramatic performance.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| Keywords:
dramatic, dramatic performance, evoke, evoked, evokes, evoking, finality, followers, frightfulness, gesture, grandiose, grim, lighthearted, make-believe, mask, participating, selves, solemn, spectacle, staged, tasks, theatrical, theatricals, unreal
«It's all make believe, isn't it?»
«With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Achievement
| Keywords:
corporation, Disney, make-believe
«Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
| About:
Actors and acting
| Keywords:
acting, animal, make-believe
«Lisa, vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos»
«This is how I'm supposed to be in the land of make believe that don't believe in me.»
Author: Green Day
| Keywords:
make-believe
«Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives by make-believe.»
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