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  • Fantje, so bili veliki bratje v večjem delu, in Ryan Žal mi je jezen na obrazu, ko si igral Atari, vendar Darin ga je ta skupni kurac in je poskušal na silo putanjilies po grlu.

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  • Posredno izhaja iz tega koncepta je, da je naša subjektivna realnost veliko bolj realno, in je dejansko "stvari", potem bi lahko masakra, dokler ona prebudi iz spanca Njen kolobarjih na spodnjem delu naše hrbtenice.

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  • At times he had come close to convincing himself that his sojourn in the tower-and especially the memories of his last hours there-were the products of some delu-sionary dream.

    Emperor of Ansalon Niles, Douglas 1993

  • Crucial to their philosophy was the idea that the government must encourage each individual to pursue his own interest, and that there be no delu - sions about what government might do for man.

    DEMOCRACY STEPHEN R. GRAUBARD 1968

  • Mosca, Michels, Pareto — and others of their persuasion — argued that democracy was itself a fraud, a delu - sion by which men lived.

    DEMOCRACY STEPHEN R. GRAUBARD 1968

  • Among the innocent errors and mistakes giving rise to religious diversity are sickness, madness and delu - sion, fear, mistaken reasoning, and the transmission of false information.

    DEISM ROGER L. EMERSON 1968

  • Irene's suggestion must have been a considerable shock to Hadfield, who no doubt believed that he had given his daughter everything she needed, and thus shared a delu - sion common among parents.

    The Sands of Mars Clarke, Arthur C. 1951

  • Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi stupid, misinformed, delu ...

    Weighty Matters 2010

  • When I had once more assured myself that I had not been under the influence of a delu - sion, I sent instantly for the Abb6 de

    I says, says I; a novel Nares, Edward, 1762-1841 1812

  • Thus this amiable citizen proceeded from delusion to delu - sion, until he placed himself in a fallacious security, which subsequent incidents turned to his destruction.

    Memoirs of the war in the Southern department of the United States 1812

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