Empires are synonymous with centralized if occasionally schismatized hierarchical power structures in which influence is restricted to an economically privileged class retaining… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
Consciousness is, among other things, a spontaneous exercise in creativity. You are learning now, in a three-dimensional context, the ways in which… — Seth Copy Share Image
You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
“There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it. When I mention manipulation,… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
“Through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“The more we look at anything, the more we see ourselves in the thing. This is called projection. There’s an ethics to… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
“Playing the victim role: Manipulator portrays him- or herself as a victim of circumstance or of someone else's behavior in order to… — George K. Simon Jr Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, Tara's accomplishment was clear. She had lined up allies among the school's various groups and got them all to work together… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' Roll is a combination of good ideas dried up by fads, terrible junk, hideous failings in taste and judgment, gullibility… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
When I came to faith, I thought I would have to stop being an actor, because it's all about artifice and manipulation.… — Tamsin Greig Copy Share Image
You promised you wouldn't tell her," she says, pointing at me. "What happened to protecting her?" "I changed my mind," I say.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through… — David Icke Copy Share Image
“I reached and grabbed ahold of the garden rake that was leaned up against the tree, when suddenly I felt my heart… — DEAN MAFAKO, M.D Copy Share Image
Much as Cold War nuclear strategists could argue about winning a nuclear war by having more survivors, advocates of a Global Warming… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
We acquire both the language and religious concepts from our immediate culture – at the same time. A child cannot discriminate between… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
When I use a direct manipulation system whether for text editing, drawing pictures, or creating and playing games I do think of… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
“We humans always seem to take a manipulative posture. No matter what the particulars of the situation, or the subject matter, we… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
Denotation by means of sounds and markings is a remarkable abstraction. Three letters designate God for me; several lines a million things.… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
The root of honesty is an honest intention, the distinct and deliberate purpose to be true, to handle facts as they are,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
“The media and the internet exist not to transmit knowledge as it is, but to amplify, exaggerate, and embellish the exact reality.… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
Peoples have come to experience that political structures and divisions of power are not immutable. Nor will they perceive the distribution of… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
“You know I love you. You're the only one." "She isn't the first woman he's ever said that to. He shouldn't have… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them. And it can be grand and vast… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm surprised when someone who has achieved success is incredibly Machiavellian in their manipulations. So, while I want to believe it's… — Nia Vardalos Copy Share Image
When you're Happy for No Reason, you bring happiness to your outer experiences rather than trying to extract happiness from them. You… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
someday we will regard our children not as creatures to manipulate or to change but rather as messengers from a world we… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“The thing about negotiations, not to mention the manipulation, is you can't go too far in any direction. Refusing once is good,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That… — Bernardine Dohrn Copy Share Image
Education is identical with helping the child realize his potentialities. The opposite of education is manipulation, which is based on the absence… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I'm a horrible historian. My memory is bad. I read things and then I forget them. I can't understand dates and I… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
“Jesus, you'd think the Black Death was sweeping the globe every three months or so...ebola, SARS, avian flu. You know how many… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
We fear the past, present and future. We fear the unknown, we fear not having enough, losing what we have, not having… — David Icke Copy Share Image
The content and forms of American communications-the myths and the means of transmitting them-are devoted to manipulation. When successfully employed, as they… — Herbert Schiller Copy Share Image
It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing,… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
Perhaps my children will one day pledge their loyalty to the Republican Party. Or perhaps they'll dismiss my liberalism as mild pap,… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
