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[[File:Hoag's object.jpg|thumb|right|Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~ [[Philip K. Dick]] ]]
[[File:Hoag's object.jpg|thumb|right|Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~ [[Philip K. Dick]] ]]
'''[[w:Reality|Reality]]''' in everyday usage means "the state of things as they actually exist." The term Reality, in a wider sense indicates the whole of which everything is a part, including everything that exists, has existed, or can exist, whether it is observable, comprehensible, or contradictory in regard to various sciences, philosophies, or any system of perception or analysis.
'''[[w:Reality|Reality]]''' in everyday usage means "the state of things as they actually exist." The term Reality, in a wider sense indicates the whole of which everything is a part, including everything that exists, has existed, or can exist, whether it is observable, comprehensible, or contradictory in regard to various sciences, philosophies, or any system of perception or analysis.
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:<small>'''CONTENT'''</small> : [[#A - F|A - F]] , [[#G - L|G - L]] , [[#M - R|M - R]] , [[#S - Z|S - Z]] , [[#See also|See also]] , [[#External links|External links]]
== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
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=== A - F ===
[[File:Halo solaire 21112006 003.jpg|thumb|right|Reality has a well-known [[liberal]] bias. ~ [[Stephen Colbert]] ]]
[[File:Halo solaire 21112006 003.jpg|thumb|right|Reality has a well-known [[liberal]] bias. ~ [[Stephen Colbert]] ]]
[[File:Strawberry fields nyc.jpg |thumb|right|Reality leaves a lot to the [[imagination]]. ~ [[John Lennon]] ]]
[[File:Strawberry fields nyc.jpg |thumb|right|Reality leaves a lot to the [[imagination]]. ~ [[John Lennon]] ]]
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** [[Philip K. Dick]], in "How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later" (1978)
** [[Philip K. Dick]], in "How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later" (1978)
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=== G - L ===
* '''The [[Universe]] is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.'''
* '''The [[Universe]] is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.'''
** [[J. B. S. Haldane]], ''Possible Worlds and Other Papers'' (1927), p. 286
** [[J. B. S. Haldane]], ''Possible Worlds and Other Papers'' (1927), p. 286
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** [[w:GameMaster Loveshade|GameMaster Loveshade]] ''The Book of Lies and Other Games''
** [[w:GameMaster Loveshade|GameMaster Loveshade]] ''The Book of Lies and Other Games''
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=== M - R ===
* Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.
* Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.
** [[w:Ralph Marston|Ralph Marston]], author and publisher of the ''Daily Motivator''
** [[w:Ralph Marston|Ralph Marston]], author and publisher of the ''Daily Motivator''
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** [[Rumi|Jelaluddin Rumi]], in ''The Essential Rumi'' (1995) translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson; "The Gift of Water" Ch. 18 The Three Fish, p. 200
** [[Rumi|Jelaluddin Rumi]], in ''The Essential Rumi'' (1995) translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson; "The Gift of Water" Ch. 18 The Three Fish, p. 200
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=== S - Z ===
* Things are entirely what they appear to be and ''behind them''...there is [[nothing]].
* Things are entirely what they appear to be and ''behind them''...there is [[nothing]].
**[[Jean-Paul Sartre]], ''Nausia.''
**[[Jean-Paul Sartre]], ''Nausia.''