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“I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.”

Said Actors Security Benefits Illusion

Author:Hal Sparks

“Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin.”

Security Materials Illusion Possession Coins Reliance Permanence Material Possessions

Author:John Cudahy

“The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion.”

Ideas States Achieve Security Military Illusion Technique Armament

Book:Ideas and Opinions

Source: Ideas and Opinions

“Anything can go away. There's no such thing as safety and security. You can do things that give you the illusion of safety and security, but there's really no such thing.”

Giving Can Do Security Illusion Safety Going Away Safety And Security

Author:Will Smith

“At 2:26 AM on 3 June 1980, Colonel William Odom of the Strategic Air Command alerted National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski that the US nuclear warning system had detected an imminent 220-missile nuclear attack on the US. Shortly thereafter, the automated system revised its projection from 220 missiles to an all-out attack of 2200 missiles. Just before Brzezinski was about to wake up President Carter to authorize a counterattack, he was told that the 'attack' was an illusion caused by 'a computer error in the system'.”

“It's about the girlfriend who left me last year. I tried to put all my anger in those words, even though I'm just as much to blame for the break-up. 'Soma' is based on the idea that a love relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security. Very deceivable.”

Giving Years Ideas Lasts Left Sleep Break Security Illusion Blame Girlfriend Last Year Love Relationship Opium Soma

Author:Billy Corgan

“My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.”

Kind Government Form Term Common Watches Records Security Activity Illusion Performances Theater Species My Favorite Genre Acknowledge Agency Inspection Government Agencies

Book:How Music Works

Source: How Music Works

“On some level we trade passion for security, that's trading one illusion for another. It's a matter of degree. We can't live in constant fear, but we can't live without any. The fear of loss is essential to love.”

Matter Passion Loss Levels Security Essentials Degrees Illusion Trade Constant Trading

Author:Esther Perel

“Our answer is the world's hope; it is to rely on youth. The cruelties and the obstacles of this swiftly changing planet will not yield to obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans. It cannot be moved by those who cling to a present which is already dying, who prefer the illusion of security to the excitement and danger which comes with even the most peaceful progress. This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease...”

“The latest trade of a security creates a dangerous illusion that its market price approximates its true value. This mirage is especially dangerous during periods of market exuberance. The concept of "private market value" as an anchor to the proper valuation of a business can also be greatly skewed during ebullient times and should always be considered with a healthy degree of skepticism.”

Should Values Security Dangerous Periods Healthy Degrees Illusion Concepts Trade Skepticism Anchors Mirages Exuberance Valuation True Value

Author:Seth Klarman