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'The trouble with fiction,' said John Rivers, 'is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.'

“’The trouble with fiction,’ said John Rivers, ‘is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.’” — Aldous Huxley, The Genius and the Goddess

Author YahooeyPosted on October 17, 2012February 1, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Aldous Huxley, fiction, make sense, reality, sensicalLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Reality isn't a particularly good guide to human happiness.

“Reality isn’t a particularly good guide to human happiness.” — Rory Sutherland, Perspective is everything

Author YahooeyPosted on August 21, 2012March 11, 2019Categories QuotationsTags happiness, Perspective is everything, reality, Rory Sutherland, TED, TEDx, TEDxAthens, TEDxAthens 2011Leave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.” — J. M. Barrie, The Little Minister

Author YahooeyPosted on July 24, 2012April 7, 2019Categories QuotationsTags ambition, diary, humbling, J. M. Barrie, reality, The Little MinisterLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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[It’s] the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality.

“[It’s] the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality.” — Shawn Achor, The happy secret to better work

Author YahooeyPosted on July 3, 2012April 17, 2019Categories QuotationsTags brain, context, happiness, perspective, reality, satisfaction, Shawn Achor, TED, TEDx, TEDxBloomington, TEDxBloomington 2011, The happy secret to better workLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” — Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying

Author YahooeyPosted on June 26, 2012April 20, 2019Categories QuotationsTags art, artists, Oscar Wilde, reality, The Decay of LyingLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Byron Katie“When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time.” — Byron Katie

Author YahooeyPosted on January 26, 2012December 29, 2011Categories QuotationsTags Byron Katie, realityLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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