The illusion that creators are wholly original in their creations is just that, an illusion.
Illusion and failure give way to knowledge, but are the lucidity and disenchantment knowledge brings always better than illusion?
Curtis, known for his experimental documentaries examining politics, media and manipulation, said the production would be "a musical entertainment about the power of illusion and the illusion of power".
Instead, they created the illusion of action by spreading the many components of the settlement among various committees--much as kids spread lima beans around their plates to create the illusion of eating them.
Without getting into the intrinsic value debate, this is where I strongly depart from Denninger, because if we accept the thesis that all money is a universal mass illusion, then a market-based illusion can be just as valid or more valid than a State-controlled illusion.
The magic of the Paulson plan is that it creates the illusion that the mortgages have some value.
Falling prices in this one component creates the illusion of falling or lower prices everywhere.
Understated inflation used in estimating inflation-adjusted growth has created the illusion of recovery in reported GDP.
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This recent nugget of polling knowledge from Gallup.com just shattered an illusion of mine.
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The initial descent down the Leap of Faith creates an illusion of falling down a building.
But 20 clicks after lunch on a bike at least imparts the illusion of cardio-repair.
When, however, he prodded the chest and the air at different times, that illusion immediately dissolved.
May stressed the new "effect" was not a hologram, calling it "an optical illusion of sorts".
The illusion of control clouds our thinking and leads us to make poor or irrational choices.
But it's an illusion to think that just providing treatment will stop this epidemic.
Silence -- even when it's welcome -- is ultimately a fickle and fleeting illusion.
Kaminsky's revelation meant that the trust users place in their browsers was an illusion.
The reality is it is merely an illusion and successes are more random luck than skill.
All studios are designed with the same furniture and decoration, to aid the illusion.
These private agreements enable the money management industry to maintain the illusion of respectability it enjoys.
We truly live under the illusion of order believing that planning and forecasting are possible.
If hocus-pocus is the order of the day, the American dream may become an illusion.
Mr. Obama also keeps peddling the illusion that the entire crisis was caused by the bankers.
Dr Ehrsson believes that the invention of this illusion is an important step in understanding consciousness.
Please know: I'm under no illusion that Tim Tebow is a better quarterback than Peyton Manning.
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But be under no illusion: it's the policy the previous administration tried too, with zero results.
In reality, debt-ceiling votes merely perpetuate the illusion that balancing the budget is easy.
No one should be under the illusion that their "bosses" are generously picking up the tab.
They were under no illusion about the amount of hard work that had to be done.
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These countries have an accelerating inflation problem that is presenting an illusion of economic strength.
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