That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering.
ALAN BALLWe don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
More Alan Ball Quotes
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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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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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We don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
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The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It’s not so easily tamed or subdued.
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Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
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Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.
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I don’t necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don’t necessarily have access to.
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Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.
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It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
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I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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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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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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Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst.
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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg.
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