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There's something about 'Strictly Come Dancing.' Everywhere I go, people wish me good luck; cabbies toot their horns. It's lovely. I have a theory: in straitened times, there's nothing like a bit of unapologetic escapism.

~Cherie Lunghi

Topics: About Bit Come Dancing Escapism Everywhere Go Good Good Luck Horns Like Lovely Luck Me Nothing People Something Strictly Theory Times Wish

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I think everybody wants to feel validated in some way, and when you're looking for leisure activities or if you're looking for escapism or things like that, you want to read about characters you can identify with.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: About Activities Characters Escapism Everybody Feel Identify Leisure Like Looking Read Some Things Think Want Wants Way You I Think

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Escapism has its place. I used to write 'Conan the Barbarian' for Marvel, which takes place in an environment completely removed from the real world.

~Christopher Priest

Topics: Barbarian Environment Escapism Marvel Place Real Real World Takes The Real World Used Which World Write

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Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

~Chuck D

Topics: Art Away Culture Escapism Get Healthy Music People Problem Reality Sometimes Stay

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Maybe it was escapism, but I had become obsessed with going to remote locations and keeping myself behind the camera.

~Cole Sprouse

Topics: Become Behind Camera Escapism Going Had Keeping Locations Maybe Myself Obsessed Remote

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The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those celebrities are more miserable than the people reading about them for escapism.

~Corey Taylor

Topics: About Because Britney Britney Spears Celebrities Escapism Fact Laugh Lindsay Makes Me Miserable More People Public Reading Spears Than Them Those

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I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.

~Dan Deacon

Topics: Another Content Devoid Escapism Just Like Make Meaningful Record Want Wanted Write

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Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Almost America Cinema Coming Commonplace Direction Entirely Escapism Films Gone Had Make Out People Relevance Since Spectacle Superhero Them Vietnam Vietnam War War

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Music can be a source of escapism.

~Danielle De Niese

Topics: Escapism Music Source

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My books are just pure escapism for kids.

~Dav Pilkey

Topics: Books Escapism Just Kids Pure

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