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> [“myths reflect centuries of oral tradition in non-literate as well as literate peoples – when it comes to the supernatural, there's no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kailin-gow/myths-reflect-centuries-of-oral-tradition-in-non-literate-as-well-as/)

[Kailin Gow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kailin-gow/)

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> [“Myths tell us what those like us have done, can do, should do. Without myths to lead the way, we hesitate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-k-jemisin/myths-tell-us-what-those-like-us-have-done-can-do-should-do-without/)

[N.K. Jemisin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-k-jemisin/)

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> [With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving after something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-matthews/with-the-civilized-person-contentment-is-a-myth-from-the-cradle-to/)

[William Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-matthews/)

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> [Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-wakoski/poetry-is-one-of-the-essential-structures-of-civilization-carrying/)

[Diane Wakoski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-wakoski/)

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> [What flows into you from myth is not truth but reality (truth is always about something, but reality is that about which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/what-flows-into-you-from-myth-is-not-truth-but-reality-truth-is/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [We've spent now about 150 years trying to convince ourselves that photographs are reliable evidence, some unimpeachable slice of the real world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-d-coleman/we-ve-spent-now-about-150-years-trying-to-convince-ourselves-that/)

[A. D. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-d-coleman/)

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> [When animals do something noble we say they are behaving ‘like humans’. When humans do something disgusting we say they are behaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-wollen/when-animals-do-something-noble-we-say-they-are-behaving-like-humans/)

[Philip Wollen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-wollen/)

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> [The reverse process is extremely important to me - that artistic images can inspire to words and different myths, and that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asger-jorn/the-reverse-process-is-extremely-important-to-me-that-artistic-images/)

[Asger Jorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asger-jorn/)

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> [While there are many experts in the psychoanalysis of individuals, there seems to be little active authority or understanding in the matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/while-there-are-many-experts-in-the-psychoanalysis-of-individuals/)

[Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/)

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> [I remembered my New Orleans days, living on two five-cent candy bars a day for weeks at a time in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-remembered-my-new-orleans-days-living-on-two-five-cent-candy-bars-a/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/beware-of-the-truth-gentle-sister-although-much-sought-after-truth/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [“Then it’s decided. In the end, we are just as mortal as man. But while God will save a few, we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-robinson/then-it-s-decided-in-the-end-we-are-just-as-mortal-as-man-but-while/)

Glen Robinson

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> [The myth is the public domain and the dream is the private myth. If your private myth, your dream, happens to coincide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-myth-is-the-public-domain-and-the-dream-is-the-private-myth-if/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [What if the Soviet intervention was a blessing in disguise? It saved the myth that if the Soviets were not to intervene,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/what-if-the-soviet-intervention-was-a-blessing-in-disguise-it-saved/)

[Slavoj Zizek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/)

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> [ I was there when Abbe Georges Lemaître first proposed this \[Big Bang\] theory. ... There is no rational reason to doubt that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannes-alfven/i-was-there-when-abbe-georges-lema-tre-first-proposed-this-big-bang/)

[Hannes Alfven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannes-alfven/)

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> [“Reading myth as crystallizing historical fact was a common approach in the 19th and early 20th centuries. But it is an approach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-morales/reading-myth-as-crystallizing-historical-fact-was-a-common-approach/)

[Helen Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-morales/)

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> [The South is one of those kingdoms of the mind, like India or Scotland, that are neat and understandable only to people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alistair-cooke/the-south-is-one-of-those-kingdoms-of-the-mind-like-india-or-scotland/)

[Alistair Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alistair-cooke/)

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> [The Roswell incident, for instance, had over three hundred witnesses - some describing the bodies, some the craft, some the military procedures.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-schultz/the-roswell-incident-for-instance-had-over-three-hundred-witnesses/)

[Dwight Schultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-schultz/)

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> [To idolise a person means you don't get to know them, and the idea that you can become one is a myth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-zeldin/to-idolise-a-person-means-you-don-t-get-to-know-them-and-the-idea/)

[Theodore Zeldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-zeldin/)

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> [You need music, I don't know why. It's probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual. We need magic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-need-music-i-don-t-know-why-it-s-probably-one-of-those-joe/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

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> [It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress. It's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janine-di-giovanni/it-is-a-well-known-urban-myth-that-the-french-don-t-trust-banks-and/)

[Janine di Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janine-di-giovanni/)

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> [I think the older you get, you start to break down the myth and you get to the dirt of it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jena-malone/i-think-the-older-you-get-you-start-to-break-down-the-myth-and-you/)

[Jena Malone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jena-malone/)

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> [The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/the-old-knowledge-had-been-difficult-but-not-distressing-it-had-been/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [The final greatness of the presidency lies in the truth that it is not just an office of incredible power but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clinton-rossiter/the-final-greatness-of-the-presidency-lies-in-the-truth-that-it-is/)

[Clinton Rossiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clinton-rossiter/)

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> [This generation, and many others, have been led to believe that the devil is a myth, a figure, an idea, the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/this-generation-and-many-others-have-been-led-to-believe-that-the/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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> [People tend to think that in order to start a new business they have to come up with something new and dazzling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gurbaksh-chahal/people-tend-to-think-that-in-order-to-start-a-new-business-they-have/)

[Gurbaksh Chahal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gurbaksh-chahal/)

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> [A people that has remained convinced of its greatness and invulnerability, that has chosen to believe such a myth in the face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/a-people-that-has-remained-convinced-of-its-greatness-and/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/the-wheel-of-time-turns-and-ages-come-and-pass-leaving-memories-that-3/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/in-different-places-you-run-into-myths-around-vaccination-or-around/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

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> [Without myth, however, every culture loses its healthy creative natural power: it is only a horizon encompassed with myth that rounds off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/without-myth-however-every-culture-loses-its-healthy-creative-natural/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [It is time that we dispensed with the myth that the market is a force of nature that should not be meddled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ha-joon-chang/it-is-time-that-we-dispensed-with-the-myth-that-the-market-is-a-force/)

[Ha-Joon Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ha-joon-chang/)

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> [After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/after-all-i-believe-that-legends-and-myths-are-largely-made-of-truth/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Mythology is part of our heritage, part of our identity at times because anywhere in India you will find the name of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sudha-murty/mythology-is-part-of-our-heritage-part-of-our-identity-at-times/)

[Sudha Murty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sudha-murty/)

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> [What does all this mean finally, I kept asking like a college kid. Why does it make me want to cry? Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/what-does-all-this-mean-finally-i-kept-asking-like-a-college-kid-why/)

[Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/)

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> [The important thing is to make a different world, to make a world that is not now. A real world, a genuine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/the-important-thing-is-to-make-a-different-world-to-make-a-world-that/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

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> [Myths are so intimately bound to culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/myths-are-so-intimately-bound-to-culture-time-and-place-that-unless/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [“Creationism doesn’t belong as a comparative to anything even remotely connected to reality, and by passing it off as anything other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-stefanelli/creationism-doesn-t-belong-as-a-comparative-to-anything-even-remotely/)

[Al Stefanelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-stefanelli/)

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> [“A myth is an unverifiable and typically fantastic story that is nonethless felt to be true and that deal with a theme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bierhorst/a-myth-is-an-unverifiable-and-typically-fantastic-story-that-is/)

John Bierhorst

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> [“The same pattern of the creation by supernatural gods of an ordered Universe out of Chaos occurs over and over again in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/the-same-pattern-of-the-creation-by-supernatural-gods-of-an-ordered/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> [Creation myths are not about the origins of the world at all, but about the origins of patriarchy which has claimed itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-caputi/creation-myths-are-not-about-the-origins-of-the-world-at-all-but/)

[Jane Caputi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-caputi/)

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