Ansel Adams Quotes
We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.
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I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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I propose to build for eternity.
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When a man sleeps, he is steeped and lost in a limp toneless happiness: awake he is restless, tortured by his body and the illusion of existence. Why have men spent the centuries seeking to overcome the awakened body? Put it to sleep, that is a better way. Let it serve only to turn the sleeping soul over, to change the blood-stream and thus make possible a deeper and more refined sleep.
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I am a moment illuminating eternity....I am affirmation...I am ecstasy.
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At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing.
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My illusion is to have something to transmit. If I can't change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it.
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Alas, the spheres of truth are less transparent than those of
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I know there are no errors, In the great Eternal plan.
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If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing behind the cat while boasting of the deep friendship they share. In this way, he creates an impression that his well being is of great concern to the tiger.
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In times of hurt and discouragement, it may be consoling for all of us to recall that no one can do anything permanently to us that will last for eternity. Only we ourselves can affect our eternal progression.
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As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that.
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Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.
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I’ve learned that fear is simply an illusion based on past experiences that we project into the present and onto the future.
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David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that we understand the trend and we need to hop on it. I don't have any such illusions.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound to fail in their purpose. To destroy it we have to stay out of it. If we want to cut down a tree, it is of no use to climb into its branches. The desire to keep contact with something, even to destroy it, is a subtle and insidious illusion.
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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
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Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
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I've heard people say that 'The Blair Witch Project' is a feminist movie because there's a woman in charge and I've heard it called a completely anti-feminist movie because this woman screws everything up. Who cares really? It's just a movie.
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My friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane!
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For through the South the custom still commands The gentleman to kiss the lady's hands.
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I was just 18 years old, excited about being drafted to the N.B.A. I felt like all of Houston was watching me. My high school was watching me. I think they had a draft party at my coach's house. I'll never forget that day, being in the green room with my family and my agent.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
