The book's lead character is both an 'object of' desire and an 'object of' pity. [=the lead character is both desired and pitied by other characters in the book]
When they take a vacation, 'money is no object'. [=they don't worry about how much something costs] They always stay at the most expensive places.
If 'cost was/were no object' [=if cost did not matter; if we had enough money] we'd buy a new car instead of fixing the old one.
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(..) and then you walk through a doorway ... ... there's another world.. Just being the Matrix ... ... there's a kind of, like, simulation to every object. That's kind of the illusion of the Matrix in itself. Simulacra simulation was very much the case.. Basically, my job (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited
(..) Baudrillard's ideas of simulacra simulation ... ... is an important point within the film. And that what we see in the film as a real object ... ... is in fact often a simulation. There's a chapter on religious icons. The icon representing God (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited