That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering.
ALAN BALLHappy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don’t want to watch them on TV.
More Alan Ball Quotes
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That’s the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever.
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I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.
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I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.
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I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it’s a great honour.
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I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it’s horrifying. But that’s just human nature.
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality we desire.
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I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg.
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It’s an incredibly nourishing process; it’s probably the closest I come to having a religion.
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It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
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We don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
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In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don’t really get freaked out.
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We live in a time where there’s an alienation factor. There’s a certain disconnection.
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Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is going to cave in.
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