“I think Santa Claus is, by and large, quite beneficial, for when the child is finally allowed -- or forced -- to recognize the nonexistence of Santa Claus, then the child is able to go through the vital intellectual process of reconstructing reality in light of new evidence, complete with back-forming new stories to account for past events. This prepares the child for many other disillusionments and gives her vital and well-supported experience in maintaining her grip on reality independent of the stories told to her at any given time.” ThinkingGivingWellsChildrenStoriesRealityLightAblePastGivenProcessEventsIntellectualEvidenceAccountsIndependentMaintainingBeneficialSantaSanta ClausDisillusionmentPast EventsReconstructing Author:Orson Scott Card
“In the rare event that the Supreme Court refuses to play along [...] there is always a perfectly legal, extra-constitutional, quasi-legislative, quasi-executive, quasi-judicial, "independent" regulatory commission or executive agency to kill off or override constitutional protections.” PlayEventsIndependentCourtRefuseProtectionSupremeAgencyExtrasExecutivesSupreme CourtJudicialRare Events Author:Ilana Mercer
“In your system of reality you are learning what mental energy is, and how to use it. You do this by constantly transforming your thought and emotions into physical form. You are supposed to get a clear picture of your inner development by perceiving the exterior environment. What seems to be a perception, an objective concrete event independent from you, is instead the materialization of your own inner emotions, energy, and mental environment.” UseRealitySeemsFormEnergyEmotionClearEnvironmentEventsDevelopmentPerceptionIndependentObjectivesConcreteTransformingExteriorThoughts And Emotions Author:Seth
“Sadly most films only get exposure if they win an award or were in a festival, which is really difficult because those things cost money! Submitting your film to a festival or campaigning for an Oscar or a Golden Globe is very expensive. Most people don't know that, but all those events require a lot of money. If you have a small independent film, it's very hard to get the attention of people in those circles.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardFilmWinningDifficultAttentionEventsCostIndependentCirclesGoldenExpensiveAwardsLots Of MoneyGlobesOscarsExposureFestivalsIndependent FilmCampaigning Author:Kate del Castillo
“Only one same reason is shared by all of us: we wish to create worlds as real as, but other than the world that is. Or was. This is why we cannot plan. We know a world is an organism, not a machine. We also know that a genuinely created world must be independent of its creator; a planned world (a world that fully reveals its planning) is a dead world. It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live.” KnowsWorldRealReasonCharacterWishPlansEventsMachinesIndependentCreatorPlanningOrganisms Book:THE FRENCH LIEUTENTANT'S WOMAN Source: THE FRENCH LIEUTENTANT'S WOMAN
“No theory of reality compatible with quantum theory can require spatially separate events to be independent.” RealityEventsTheoryIndependentQuantumCompatibleQuantum Theory Author:John Stewart Bell
“Dodd-Frank and independent actions of banks go a long way in terms of progress on capital, liquidity, transparency, "living wills" (plans for winding down a bank in the event of a collapse) and resolutions.” WayLongActionTermProgressPlansEventsIndependentResolutionFrankCollapseLong WayTransparencyLiquidityWinding DownDodd Frank Author:Jamie Dimon