Line #14 Quotes/SelectiveObliviousness


1	->''"I choose not to understand these signs!"''
2	-->-- '''Bender''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
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4	->''"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest."''
5	-->--''Music/SimonAndGarfunkel,'' "The Boxer"
6
7	->''"I reject your reality and substitute my own."''
8	-->-- '''Paul Bradford''', ''Film/TheDungeonmaster'' (popularized by '''Adam Savage''', ''Series/{{Mythbusters}})'', also attributed to talk radio host Michael Savage.
9
10	->''Sometimes, days are like this''\
11	''And you don't agree with what you see...''
12	-->-- '''Opinions Won't Keep You Warm At Night''', a song by ''The Temper Trap''
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14	->''If I, at my own convenience, forget what they say\
15	I find it easy to focus on living each day\
16	If I could change it I would, to do what someone else should\
17	But I believe that the problem is misunderstood''
18	-->-- '''Music/LemonDemon''', "What Will Happen Will Happen"
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20	->'''[[TheNeidermeyer Sarge]]:''' Come on, you two, let's get a move on! Where's yer commanding officer?
21	->'''[[ProfessionalButtKisser Simmons]]:''' ''(pointing at [[LazyBum Grif]])'' He's right there.
22	->'''Sarge:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Where, behind Grif?
23	->'''Simmons:''' Sergeant Grif is our C.O., Sir.
24	->'''Sarge:''' Your Sergeant has the same name as Grif? That's a disturbing coincidence.
25	->'''Simmons:''' No, no, listen to me. Grif is our commander. He was promoted to Sergeant when you refused to relocate with us.
26	->'''Sarge:''' But who's in charge!?
27	->'''Simmons:''' Sergeant Grif!
28	->'''Sarge:''' Okay, see, I can hear you saying words, but it's like they don't match up in a way that makes sense. Did ya have a stroke?
29	->'''Simmons:''' Grif is a Sergeant. He's the same rank as you now.
30	->'''Sarge:''' That's who I'm talkin' about. Where is he?
31	->'''Simmons:''' He's right there!
32	->'''Sarge:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic So, he's invisible.]]
33	->'''[[OnlySaneMan Grif:]]''' Dude, [[TheyJustDontGetIt I don't think he's physically capable of understanding what you're telling him.]]
34	-->--'''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'''
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36	->''"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.]]"''
37	-->-- '''Upton Sinclair'''
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39	->'''Willow:''' Wow, I keep stepping on a lot of crunchy twigs.\
40	'''Luz:''' Those are bones, Willow.\
41	'''Willow:''' ''(cheerfully)'' Not if I never look down!
42	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''
43
44	->'''Cartman:''' You guys can't scare me. I know you're making it all up.
45	->'''Stan:''' Cartman, there's an 80-foot satellite dish sticking out of your ass!
46	->'''Cartman:''' Sure you guys, whatever!
47	-->--''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E1CartmanGetsAnAnalProbe Cartman Gets An Anal Probe]]"
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49	->'''Trucy:''' I guess he's one of those people who only hear what they want to hear.
50	->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Apollo]]:''' ...In other words, he's a model politician.
51	-->-- ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice]]'', on [[SleazyPolitician Paul Atishon]]'s introduction.
52
53	->''"[[MoralMyopia The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side]], but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."''
54	-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', ''[[http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/essays/nationalism.html Notes on Nationalism]]''
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56	->'''Hermione:''' I've been researching it thoroughly in the library. Elf enslavement goes back centuries. I can't believe no one's done anything about it before now.\
57	'''Ron:''' Hermione—open your ears! They. Like. It. They like being enslaved!\
58	'''Hermione:''' ''(ignoring him)'' Our short-term aims are to secure house-elves fair wages and working conditions....
59	-->-- ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''
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61	->A more alert guardian than Aunt Maude would have noticed the change — the whispered colloquies, the tanned faces and uncut hair, the extra half-inch or so of height we would gain during [[YearInsideHourOutside an especially long trip]] to [[MagicLand Fillory]]. But she didn't notice. People are very determined to see only what they can explain.
62	-->--'''Rupert Chatwin,''' ''[[Literature/TheMagicians The Magician's Land]]''
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64	->'''Tobias:''' You know, Mother Lucille, there's a psychological concept known as 'denial' that I think you're evincing. It's when a thought is so hateful that the mind literally rejects it.\
65	'''Lucille:''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are a worse psychiatrist than you are a son-in-law, and you will never get work as an actor because you have no talent.]]\
66	'''Tobias:''' Well, if she's not going to say anything, I certainly can't help her.
67	-->-- Series/ArrestedDevelopment
68
69	->''"WATCH OUT! THAT BLACK GUY'S GOT A GUN AND HE'S GONNA STEAL YOUR BANANA!"''
70	-->-- '''[[PoliceAreUseless Police officer]]''' in front of two guys (one white, one black) each eating a banana, ''Series/KeyAndPeele'', [[https://youtu.be/-NzEPICsEug "He's Got A Gun"]] sketch
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72	->''"The Dream has no memory of that."''
73	-->-- '''Wrestling/TheVelveteenDream''' on his early elimination from ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough''
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