Fantasy Quotes - Page 8

• Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

  Inspirational, Art, Reality

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• Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

  Margaret Fuller

  Dream, Reality, Waking

  Margaret Fuller (2012). “At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe”, p.112, tredition

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• I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates.

  Paul Gauguin

  Writing, Moon, Way

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• Time may enhance what seems simply dogged or lacking in fantasy now because we are too close to it, because it resembles too closely our own everyday fantasies, the fantastic nature of which we don't perceive. We are better able to enjoy a fantasy as a fantasy when it is not our own.

  Susan Sontag

  Everyday, Able, May

  Susan Sontag (1983). “A Susan Sontag reader”, Vintage

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• All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

  Carl Jung

  Creativity, Men, Imagination

  Carl Gustav Jung (2001). “Modern Man in Search of a Soul”, p.67, Psychology Press

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• People don't want to hear the truth, they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. And then when they get caught up in it, they start being in denial because they don't want to be wrong.

  Paul Mooney

  People, Denial, Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  "János: The Story of a Doctor". Book by János Plesch, 1947.

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  The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

  Terry Pratchett

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Terry Pratchett (2010). “Diggers: The Second Book of the Nomes”, p.34, Random House

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• Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.

  Terry Pratchett

  Life, Exercise, Mind

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

  Lady Gaga

  Love, Life, Happiness

  "Lady Gaga: Lording it" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2011.

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• I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt

  Andy Partridge

  Book, Jealous, Kissing

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• Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Life, Wisdom, Anger

  The Fellowship of the Ring bk. 1, ch. 3 (1954)

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• Things were going very fast now. Too fast to suit him. Fantasy and reality had merged.

  Stephen King

  Reality, Fantasy And Reality, Suits

  Stephen King (2008). “'Salem's Lot”, p.391, Anchor

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• Fantasy love is much better than Reality Love.

  Andy Warhol

  Reality, Love Is, Commercial Art

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Our sexuality is affected by our fantasies. Some of these fantasies have their roots in our childhood. We have the power to control our thoughts but many people don't do it because they get pleasure in their fantasies.

  Ali Sina

  Roots, People, Childhood

  Source: myislam.dk

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• The dream police will not let me have sexual fantasies.

  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

  Dream, Police, Let Me

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• The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.

  Lionel Trilling

  Poet, Mark, Command

  Lionel Trilling (2012). “The Liberal Imagination”, p.45, New York Review of Books

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• Fantasy is, I believe, the great nourisher of imagination. To paraphrase Einstein on how to develop intelligence in young people: Read fairy tales. Then read more fairy tales.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Believe, Imagination, People

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• As a child I loved fantasy books, I loved Harry Potter and the idea that there is something 'out there' is inspiring to kids and inspiring to me. It's exciting and I think people can relate to it. Even if things are difficult or bad for you, the idea that there is something special within you is positive and true.

  Alexandra Daddario

  Children, Book, Kids

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• When I compare life to a dream I do not mean to denigrate it as some sort of meaningless fantasy. Life is too wonderful to be called an "illusion" unless we whisper the word in amazement, as we might when witnessing the most astonishing magic trick. What could be more magnificent than this glorious universe, in all its multifarious extravagance? Its awesome vastness and delicate detail. Its impersonal precision and intimate intensity. Its harsh necessities and lush sensuality. This dream of life is truly marvelous.

  Timothy Freke

  Dream, Mean, Gnosis

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• It is in the capacity to love, that is to SEE, that the liberation of the soul from fantasy consists. The freedom which is a proper human goal is the freedom from fantasy, that is the realism of compassion. What I have called fantasy, the proliferation of blinding self-centered aims and images, is itself a powerful system of energy, and most of what is often called 'will' or 'willing' belongs to this system. What counteracts the system is attention to reality inspired by, consisting of, love.

  Iris Murdoch

  Love, Powerful, Reality

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• So often, we believe we are alone in the privacy of our fantasies, but that is a delusion as well - and perhaps the most dangerous kind. For in letting ourselves forget about the common threads of our innermost wishes, we erode our foundations and lose the keystone of our souls.

  Tiffany Baker

  Believe, Common Threads, Soul

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• Dark Fantasy is just another way of saying Horror.

  Terry Pratchett

  Dark, Way, Horror

  Source: bobneilson.org

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• I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Sex, Communication, Thinking

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• There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Time, Pain, Blow

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