Sentence examples for need the illusion from inspiring English sources

But this time, both sides need the illusion of being bipartisan -- Mr. Bush to offset his lack of a plurality, the Democrats to capitalize on it.

The press needs the illusion of a hard-fought campaign to keep its audience from straying.

Although some great fiction is written that way -- Moby-Dick," for instance -- it needs the illusion that we are there too, and moving forward through the action.

"When you are in a pound shop the surprise and novelty actually create the illusion that you need the product.

"And yet the need for the illusion of justice is so essential to the task of rebuilding that we need to go forward on it.

In "Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego," he provides this devastating portrait of the "primal father": "Even today the members of a group stand in need of the illusion that that they are equally and justly loved by their leader; but the leader himself need love no one else, he may be of a masterful nature, absolutely narcissistic, self-confident and independent".

I needed that illusion that something like this would never happen to me, that this place is not that dangerous.

The paradox, then, is that we need to create the illusion of the illicit in order to generate a sense of excitement.

We need to estimate the illusion strength and orientation based on a psychophysical assessment of the model prediction, which is a priority in our future study.

Together, we need to overcome the illusion that peace is impossible.

What China is doing with Moodys (and now there's a case against Citron Research too) is warning ratings agencies, analysts - EVEN TRADERS and the press not to look too closely under the hood of China's corporations or their economy - because they need to maintain the illusion that it's not a complete disaster for a while longer, at least.  .