The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.
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George Borrow
Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.
Theodor Reik
Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word. I don't know whether it's a new thing, but it's certainly a current thing, in that it doesn't seem to matter what facts are. It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything.
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