It is a philosophical question in a sense one that particularly captures the brilliance and creativity ofInception’s storyline.
8"I think positive emotion trumps negative emotion every time."
7"Downward is the only way forward."
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6"Dreams feel real while we’re in them.
It’s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange."
5"They say we only use a fraction of our brain’s true potential."
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
3"An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious.
The smallest seed of an idea can grow."
This encapsulates the power and danger of such ideas.
2"Don’t you want to take a leap of faith?
Or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone?"
1"You’re waiting for a train.
A train that’ll take you far away.
You know where you hope this train will take you.
But you might’t know for sure.
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Yet it doesn’t matter."
As such, it’s not exactly a surprise that it resonates with viewers on a deeper level.
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