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I like the idea of isolation. I like the reality of it. You realize what you are... not that the knowledge is inevitably rewarding.

I simply loved all my life; loved is too strong a word, but I had a tremendous sentiment, partly conditioned, of course, by the reality of where I grew up, for the spirit of individualism, for the idea of your being on your own in a big way.

A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express his attitude toward the reality surrounding him, be it a landscape or a state; to capture his state of mind at a given instant; to leave - as he thinks at that moment - a trace on the earth.

Assuming if there's such a thing as reality, if you have a false relationship with it, how can you do anything but fail?

We think we own things, but the reality is, our things own us.

Neither as a writer nor, moreover, as a leader of a nation should you use terminology that obscures the reality of human evil.

My being gay is not a social issue; it's a fact. It's not something to be debated. It's a reality.

My upbringing in Birmingham gave me a sense of reality. I could not pick another city I would rather have grown up in. Growing up around really good, solid, godly people, it helped me to find those kind of great people in L.A., too, which can be hard for some people.

I cannot believe that people really sit and devote hours of their lives watching reality TV like 'Big Brother.'

There's a real pace to New York life which in reality London doesn't match.

I've been offered all the reality TV shows but have turned them down. If I did it as 'Johnny,' there'd be no jungle left! It was really hard regaining control of myself, so I am reluctant to let 'Johnny' back out of the box.

Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.

I need an inspiration that is grounded in reality while thoroughly transcendent.

Here's our shtick line to describe our music: It's our garage band attempt at our appreciation of jazz improvisation through the reality of rock 'n' roll.

In general, when you travel, you get into a different reality and are able to more accurately reflect on your ordinary life. Hiking does that for me.

If we'd lived in England or America we'd have told stories abut our lives and nobody would have called it protest theatre. But the reality of South Africa was the arrests and detentions and oppression - we could not escape that, so we decided to take it on.

'Community,' that loaded word so beloved of politicians, is simply not a reality in most people's lives. It's normal for us to be cut off from each other.

Now, I've never hosted a reality TV show, but I know the true mark of a successful businessman is not the number of times you say, 'You're fired.' It's the number times you say, 'You're hired.'

The reality is none of us should have time to do other projects. We should be so focused on the band and working on the band and exploring our talents within it, making music that people can listen to within the confines of System of a Down that we shouldn't have time for anything else.

It is a sad reality that active shooter drills are a standard way of life for kids as young as pre-school.

There is a world of difference between being a reality TV star and a world champion boxer.