Judith McNaught Quotes
You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality.
Quotes to Explore
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building.
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I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone.
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We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.
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The trouble with fiction… is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.
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Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful: cynicism is obedience.
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To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.
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When I need a reality check, I call my mum.
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The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians or parliaments should seek to alter or destroy that reality.
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Technologists and futurists call the mashup of digital info and physical space 'blended reality.'
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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I think that when you talk to people about Monopoly, they love talking about their memories associated with it. And for me, I'm the same way. I mean, when I think about Monopoly, I think of my family playing at the holidays.
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I'm about to turn 60, and most of my memories reside in the brain of my wife.
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The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.
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There seems to be a peculiar kind of clamor for comics. And I'm not sure how much a part of reality that is. I think partly it's based on some idea that comics are what everybody wants to read - and I don't think that's the case.
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There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I was treated differently because of my race is one such memory.
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There are so many reality shows on now where they want you to be crazy, the girls are just going bananas; you know how they portray brown girls. They portray us in a different type of light.
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Imagination, realm of enchantment!- which the most beneficent of beings bestowed upon man to console him for reality- I must quit you now.
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There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side.
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The winters are too long, and there's only one airline, so it's difficult to escape when you feel frustrated or claustrophobic. The audience for our films isn't very large, so it's difficult to support an industry. But, Iceland is beautiful. Sometimes it's hard to imagine living anywhere else.
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Legislative reforms in the 1990s and the public/private structure led managements to expand the GSEs' balance sheets to enormous size, underpinned by wafer-thin slivers of capital, driving high shareholder returns and very high compensation for management.
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On the way back we were constantly under heavy shell fire and I had to double time them to get them through safely. There was nothing to be gained by having any more of them wounded or killed. They had surrendered to me, and it was up to me to look after them. And so I did.
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You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality.
