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Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment ... but that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction.


Steven Soderbergh

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DAVID SUCHET I don't watch reality TV, my reality is tough enough.
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JESSAMYN WEST Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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JENNIFER SHILLING Reality TV rots people's brains.
GEORGIA JAGGER I don't watch reality TV. I'm cool.
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STEVE JAMES Where does fiction end and reality begin?
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JOSEPH CHILTON PEARCE I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. E...
CLINT EASTWOOD It was just my reality, to never have a boy be interested in me romantically for more than one rando...
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PAULO FREIRE Vulnerability of all the emotions is the one that is most often mistaken for weakness. In reality ho...
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ANDREA SEIGEL For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show.
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HENRIETTA NEWTON MARTIN Reality, if rightly interpreted, is grander than fiction.
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STEVEN ADLER I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.
STEVEN ADLER You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don't have your health, you hav...
STEVEN ADLER I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty year...
STEVEN ADLER The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I wo...
STEVEN ADLER You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You c...
STEVEN ADLER You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.
STEVEN ADLER Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrum...
STEVEN ADLER Loud is a way of life.
STEVEN ADLER The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that ...
STEVEN ADLER Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling r...
STEVEN ADLER I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look f...
STEVEN ADLER I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family.
STEVEN ADLER Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my g...
STEVEN ADLER If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, ...
STEVEN ADLER I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.
STEVEN ADLER