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"The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Reality, Life, End, Party, Truth

"You cannot change reality by ignoring it."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Reality, Acceptance, Philosophy, Wisdom

"I don't know why everyoneis still trying to find out whether heaven and hell exist.Why do we need more evidence?They exist here on this very Earth.Heaven is standing atop Mount Qasiounoverlooking the Damascene sightswith the wind carrying Qabbani'sdulcet words all around you.And hell is only four hours away in Aleppo where children's cries drown out the explosions of mortar bombsuntil they lose their voice,their families, and their limbs.Yes, hell certainly does existright now, at this moment,as I pen this poem. And all we're doingto extinguish this hellfireis sighing, shrugging, liking, and sharing.Tell me: what exactly does that makeus? Are we any better than the gatekeepers of hell?"

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Reality, Heaven, Hell, War

"Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Reality, Perfection, Truth, Imperfection

"It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Reality, Dream, Truth, Awakening

"Sometimes in the quest for enlightenment the only thing that gets lighter is your wallet."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Reality, Enlightenment, Wallet, Quest, Personal

"Even the world's greatest actor cannot fake an erection."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Reality, Truth, Humanity, Body

"As soon as I sat down across from her, she ordered me to put the entire contents of my pants pockets on the table. I did as I was told, saying nothing. My reality seemed to have left me and was now wandering around nearby. I hope it can find me, I thought."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Reality, Confusion, Hope, Loneliness

"To live a lie may allow us to avoid the truth, but the real lie lays in believing that we can avoid the truth in the first place."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Reality, Truth, Regret, Future, Wisdom

"If you desire to be financially wealthy but don't know how to invest time, then you are just dreaming."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Reality, Wealth, Investment, Time, Dream

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"The best advice he gave me was to carry on. It would have been difficult to set foot back inside a TV studio if I hadn't carried on - I don't know if I would have ever gone back in."

Advice

"The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like."

Age

"Nothing is a career move. Everything I've done this year has so not been a career move."

Career

"I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was."

Biography

"But reality television is here to stay."

Reality

"Well it has been very exciting and very changing as well. Celebrating the 40th year and having the album out and the Channel 4 documentary and I resigned from Blind Date."

Blind

"It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control."

People

"The difference with me is that I did inhale."

Difference

"I humbly apologise for reality Television."

Reality