Human thinking depends on metaphor. We understand new and complex things in relation to the things we already know... once you pick… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The bigger point here is that golf is a good metaphor for one's life. The challenge of golf for me is trying… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
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'Crash' is a metaphor for what I see as the dehumanizing elements that are present in the world in which we live.… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
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I do like Canadian poetry. Christian Bök, Anne Carson, Carmine Starnino, and Don McKay are a few of the Canadian poets whose… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
"The River" [song] is also, yes, very metaphorical. Rivers are cleansing. As long as human beings have been on the Earth we've… — Ladyhawke Copy Share Image
As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
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I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona fide spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor… — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
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I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we… — Kenny Loggins Copy Share Image
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“We all are internal energy of the Universe -- and it's not even a metaphor -- there would be no dynamics whatsoever… — Alex M. Vikoulov Copy Share Image
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To me "King Kong" is a metaphor for America's fear of the black male. And to me that's obvious. All right? So… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
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God's will is clear about many things. We're to be holy. I like the metaphor that his Word is a lamp to… — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
The Garden is a metaphor for the following: our minds, and our thinking in terms of pairs of opposites--man and woman, good… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
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This is a magical and inspiring metaphor through which adult readers will identify anger issues and discover practical methods to energize enduring… — Jeffrey K. Zeig Copy Share Image
I don't know a whole lot about symbolism. There seems to me to be a potential danger in symbolism. I feel more… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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Clint Eastwood's speech was kind of a metaphor for the entire Republican Party: A confused old person yelling at something that doesn't… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
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![“"The River" [song] is also, yes, very metaphorical. Rivers are cleansing. As long as human beings have been on the Earth we've used rivers to cleanse ourselves. And, for me, the lyrics "something in the river," I think is - well, the river is a metaphor for where I was at the time.” quote by Ladyhawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ea/ladyhawke-16375_cleansing_the-river-song-is-also-yes-very-metaphor_2561709.jpg)
