I've been reading The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, which is obviously very dated now but still relevant. It's so interesting to… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
I was the British spy who had come out of the woodwork and told it how it really was, and anything I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Myths are the retrospective transfiguration of sacrificial crises, the reinterpretation of those crises in light of the cultural order that has arisen… — René Girard Copy Share Image
“I think love without heartbreak is a myth. A pretty myth, but the kind of myth that ultimately makes us feel worse… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“The comparative absence of biographical information about Hawksmoor provided a vacuum which Ackroyd and others were able to fill with myth and… — Owen Hopkins Copy Share Image
HAIL HERMES! Mr. Lantiere has created something very special for all of us who love the history of mystery. The Magicician's Wand… — Jeff McBride Copy Share Image
Use your own reason to find the truth. And to do this, you must first get rid of the myths that your… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I have often had the fancy that there is some one Myth for every man, which, if we but knew it, would… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
It seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness about male advantage, is kept strongly inculturated in the United States… — Peggy McIntosh Copy Share Image
To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
For example, a few years ago, a great French philosopher, Roger Garaudy, wrote a scientific book. He did not offend, curse, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
As to the myth about Fat Girls and certain abilities to achieve multiple...ummm...my only comment on THAT topic, having both thin and… — Owen J McClain Copy Share Image
“CAMPBELL: Read myths. They teach you that you can turn inward, and you begin to get the message of the symbols. Read… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“The signs of the old flame, I know them well. I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me down… — Virgil Copy Share Image
Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
“In Ishmael I articulated a living mythology that is so integral to our culture that it’s never examined or even noticed by… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the beginning was the myth . God , in his search for self -expression, invested the souls of Hindus , Greeks… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“What are you? From where did you come? I have never seen anything like you.” The Creator Raven looked at Man and… — Eskimo creation myth Copy Share Image
If this country [America] is to survive, the best-fed-nation myth had better be recognized for what it is: propaganda designed to produce… — Adelle Davis Copy Share Image
The United States exists as a sovereign nation. 'America,' in contrast, exists as a myth of democracy and equal opportunity to live… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes.… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Love is a myth.' 'Love is a myth,' Grandfather Trout said. 'Like summer.' 'What?' 'In winter,'Grandfather Trout said, 'summer is a myth.… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
Mythology is a really beautiful vocabulary passed down through centuries that helps us understand the perennial parts of our nature. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“The reader will have noticed that one no longer treats the siege of Troy as a myth. To do so would be… — Leonard William King Copy Share Image
The myth about the angel who rebelled against his Lord is the most beautiful of all myths, the proudest, the most revolutionary,… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
'Peace Mom' is my most heartfelt, but I am most proud of 'Myth America' because I nailed the problem and gave the… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
Ignore fact and reason, live entirely in the world of your own fantastic and myth-producing passions; do this whole-heartedly and with conviction,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Myth is not about whether something is fact or fiction; myth is more about truth. Good myth, according to the old adage,… — Randy S. Woodley Copy Share Image
Our connection to the great myths of our natures is murky. A mother might see the Medea in herself without imagining she… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Once a poet calls his myth a myth, he prevents the reader from treating it as a reality; we use the word… — Adam Kirsch Copy Share Image
Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing.… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
There are black marriages that are still going strong 40 years later. You hear so many myths that there aren't any people… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
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