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Escape Quotes

I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn’t escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic Picture Quote #1

I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there’s no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them Picture Quote #1

Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and sometimes depends on an especially hoary one Picture Quote #1

No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war’s dislocation Picture Quote #1

For all its ubiquity and its universality, war offers the attraction of the extraordinary - the escape from the gray everyday, from the humdrum into higher things Picture Quote #1

I do know that I’ve read somewhere that it’s been statistically proven that in times of war, horror films are much more popular. I don’t know why that is. You’d think it’d be the opposite. You’d think people would want to escape from it Picture Quote #1

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With all the negativity going on in the world right now, people need an escape. When you give them a hit record or a great record, it allows them to escape for at least three to four minutes. They’re not thinking bills or economy or immigration or war when you create that kind of ambiance Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can’t escape is even worse Picture Quote #1

For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference Picture Quote #1

If we live according to the law an eye for an eye..., we will never escape from the spiral of evil Picture Quote #1

The fancies that take their monstrous birth from the spinelessness and boredom of usurped wealth bring in their wake every defect ... and though rich men’s crimes escape the law, protected as they are by the cowardice of governments and people, Nature, more real than society, sets her anarchic example by abandoning the wretched time servers of Capital to the shame and madness of the worst aberrations Picture Quote #1

I can play a lot of things, but I haven’t mastered any one. I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape from the real world Picture Quote #1

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Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present Picture Quote #1

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape Picture Quote #1

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it Picture Quote #1

Bisexuality is our best hope of escape from the animosities and false polarities of the current sex wars Picture Quote #1

Do not imagine that you can escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a knife Picture Quote #1

It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life Picture Quote #1

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A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they’ve had since time began Picture Quote #1

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it Picture Quote #1

I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world, which is very scary to them right now Picture Quote #1

Old film-noir movies. There’s something comforting about watching black-and-white movies, and hearing this kind of music just puts me in a fantasy world. It’s a really great escape for me Picture Quote #1

Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense Picture Quote #1

When I was ten, I loved movies like ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and ‘Roman Holiday.’ When I watched those things, I felt like it was such a good escape. It wasn’t even that I needed an escape, but I wanted to be an actor so I could give that feeling to someone else Picture Quote #1

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You can’t escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can’t let it ruin your life. I’m actually a pretty composed person. I guess people imagine I spend my life thinking about crazy, sinister things but I don’t, really. It’s not like I’m trying to exorcise any demons Picture Quote #1

It is my position that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens Picture Quote #1

The purposeful restriction of knowledge has been at the heart of untold misery and hardship in this world. Serfs were kept illiterate so as to not jeopardize the feudal system. Slaves were kept in the dark on a variety of subjects so as to not provide them the possibility of escape Picture Quote #1

I have been very fortunate as to escape through another day’s very severe fighting and escaped unhurt Picture Quote #1

It didn’t escape me that he couldn’t seem to stop finding reasons to touch me. Nor did I miss that I didn’t want him to stop Picture Quote #1

Faced with today’s problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape Picture Quote #1

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I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn’t escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic. (Escape Quotes) I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there’s no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them. (Escape Quotes) Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of them and sometimes depends on an especially hoary one. (Escape Quotes) No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war’s dislocation. (Escape Quotes) For all its ubiquity and its universality, war offers the attraction of the extraordinary - the escape from the gray everyday, from the humdrum into higher things. (Escape Quotes) I do know that I’ve read somewhere that it’s been statistically proven that in times of war, horror films are much more popular. I don’t know why that is. You’d think it’d be the opposite. You’d think people would want to escape from it. (Escape Quotes) With all the negativity going on in the world right now, people need an escape. When you give them a hit record or a great record, it allows them to escape for at least three to four minutes. They’re not thinking bills or economy or immigration or war when you create that kind of ambiance. (Escape Quotes) I don’t want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can’t escape is even worse. (Escape Quotes) For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference. (Escape Quotes) If we live according to the law an eye for an eye..., we will never escape from the spiral of evil. (Escape Quotes) The fancies that take their monstrous birth from the spinelessness and boredom of usurped wealth bring in their wake every defect ... and though rich men’s crimes escape the law, protected as they are by the cowardice of governments and people, Nature, more real than society, sets her anarchic example by abandoning the wretched time servers of Capital to the shame and madness of the worst aberrations. (Escape Quotes) I can play a lot of things, but I haven’t mastered any one. I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape from the real world. (Escape Quotes) Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. (Escape Quotes) The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape. (Escape Quotes) We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it. (Escape Quotes) Bisexuality is our best hope of escape from the animosities and false polarities of the current sex wars. (Escape Quotes) Do not imagine that you can escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a knife. (Escape Quotes) It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life. (Escape Quotes) A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they’ve had since time began. (Escape Quotes) Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it. (Escape Quotes) I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world, which is very scary to them right now. (Escape Quotes) Old film-noir movies. There’s something comforting about watching black-and-white movies, and hearing this kind of music just puts me in a fantasy world. It’s a really great escape for me. (Escape Quotes) Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense. (Escape Quotes) When I was ten, I loved movies like ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and ‘Roman Holiday.’ When I watched those things, I felt like it was such a good escape. It wasn’t even that I needed an escape, but I wanted to be an actor so I could give that feeling to someone else. (Escape Quotes) You can’t escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can’t let it ruin your life. I’m actually a pretty composed person. I guess people imagine I spend my life thinking about crazy, sinister things but I don’t, really. It’s not like I’m trying to exorcise any demons. (Escape Quotes) It is my position that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. (Escape Quotes) The purposeful restriction of knowledge has been at the heart of untold misery and hardship in this world. Serfs were kept illiterate so as to not jeopardize the feudal system. Slaves were kept in the dark on a variety of subjects so as to not provide them the possibility of escape. (Escape Quotes) I have been very fortunate as to escape through another day’s very severe fighting and escaped unhurt. (Escape Quotes) It didn’t escape me that he couldn’t seem to stop finding reasons to touch me. Nor did I miss that I didn’t want him to stop. (Escape Quotes) Faced with today’s problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape. (Escape Quotes)

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