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The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.

Frank Zappa
Wall, Moving, Tables And Chairs

If we grew our own food, we wouldn't waste a third of it as we do today. If we made our own tables and chairs, we wouldn't throw them out the moment we changed the interior decor. If we had to clean our own drinking water, we probably wouldn't contaminate it.

Mark Boyle
Drinking, Tables And Chairs, Water
"My year of living without money" by Mark Boyle, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2009.

Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Tables And Chairs, House, Bed
Laura Ingalls Wilder (200?). “The little house treasury”

All my life I have said, "Whatever happens there will always be tables and chairs"--and what a mistake.

Elizabeth Bowen
War, Mistake, Tables And Chairs
Elizabeth Bowen (2015). “The Mulberry Tree”, p.177, Random House

Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings to the rot and corruption of capitalist exploitation. Churches the illusion of sacred sanctuary of purposes of pacifying social discontent. Courtrooms of course designed to promote the illusion of solemn justice. If there was true justice why would such trappings be necessary? Wouldn't a table and chairs and an ordinary room serve just as well?

E. L. Doctorow
Tables And Chairs, Justice, Church

I'm not saying being a comedian is brain surgery, but it is definitely - it's like being a carpenter. You learn how to make tables and chairs. You have to have the right tools, and you have to know how to put the thing together, right?

Denis Leary
Tables And Chairs, Comedian, Brain

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