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title: "Inspiring Myth Words"
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> [“The multitude of men and women choose the less adventurous way of the comparatively unconscious civic and tribal routines. But these seekers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-multitude-of-men-and-women-choose-the-less-adventurous-way-of-the/)

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

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> [The video for 'Whatever' is kind of a documentary in a way. It's showing that love can last. Not just in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/the-video-for-whatever-is-kind-of-a-documentary-in-a-way-it-s-showing/)

[Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/)

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> [You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/you-call-a-star-a-star-and-say-it-is-just-a-ball-of-matter-moving-on/)

[Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/)

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> [“In their purest form myths, not unlike tragedy, are perhaps the most important moment in the troubled history of Mexican civilization. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/in-their-purest-form-myths-not-unlike-tragedy-are-perhaps-the-most/)

[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-marie-gustave-le-cl-zio/)

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> [It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/it-is-not-without-fear-and-trembling-that-a-historian-of-religion/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

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> [“The historical truth is a fiction. OK, I did whatever I could to find out what happened from surviving friends, family and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pryor/the-historical-truth-is-a-fiction-ok-i-did-whatever-i-could-to-find/)

William Pryor

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> [This is the mythosphere. It's made up of all the stories, theories and beliefs, legends, myths and hopes, that are generated here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-wynne-jones/this-is-the-mythosphere-it-s-made-up-of-all-the-stories-theories-and/)

[Diana Wynne Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-wynne-jones/)

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> [“A stubborn refusal of the conditions of 20th Century 'reality', surrealism has denied intransigently and consistently that modern man can live without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-richardson/a-stubborn-refusal-of-the-conditions-of-20th-century-reality/)

[Michael Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-richardson/)

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> [We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/we-imagine-that-if-we-had-time-we-would-quiet-our-more-shallow-selves/)

[Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/)

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> [We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-feldman/we-often-imagine-that-the-court-serves-as-a-sort-of-neutral-umpire/)

[Noah Feldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-feldman/)

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> [“He's Darkness. Unpleasant. I wouldn't trust him. Nor do I trust every mortal I meet. I don't know where evil comes from,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanna-renee-hieber/he-s-darkness-unpleasant-i-wouldn-t-trust-him-nor-do-i-trust-every/)

[Leanna Renee Hieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leanna-renee-hieber/)

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> [PEOPLE DIE. This is the fact the world desperately hides from us from birth. Long after you find out the truth about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wong/people-die-this-is-the-fact-the-world-desperately-hides-from-us-from/)

[David Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wong/)

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> [The second thing that happened is, DNA analysis is much more sophisticated. All you have to do now is spit in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/the-second-thing-that-happened-is-dna-analysis-is-much-more/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [“The obvious pollution occurring in many places - worst of all, in the planned societies- has encouraged the growth of the environmental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-kasun/the-obvious-pollution-occurring-in-many-places-worst-of-all-in-the/)

Jacqueline Kasun

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> [“We must have a new mythology, but it must place itself at the service of ideas, it must become a mythology of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/we-must-have-a-new-mythology-but-it-must-place-itself-at-the-service/)

[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/)

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> [Insights from myth, dreams, and intuitions, from glimpses of an invisible reality, and from perennial human wisdom provide us with hints and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-shinoda-bolen/insights-from-myth-dreams-and-intuitions-from-glimpses-of-an/)

[Jean Shinoda Bolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-shinoda-bolen/)

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> [“There is no one story that will replace the American dream, but stories like this one—and there are thousands—can inform the myth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-baker/there-is-no-one-story-that-will-replace-the-american-dream-but/)

[Carolyn Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-baker/)

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> [The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-savage/the-main-trend-with-the-theme-episodes-is-that-anywhere-there-is-a/)

[Adam Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-savage/)

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> [We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I think there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/we-re-so-terrified-of-death-in-western-culture-that-we-have-to-make/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

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> [“He carried her over the Owl Creek mountain range without stopping,” he said, quietly this time. “He carried her until he reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/he-carried-her-over-the-owl-creek-mountain-range-without-stopping-he/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

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> [We become male automatically because of the Y chromosome and the little magic peanut, but if we are to become men we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/we-become-male-automatically-because-of-the-y-chromosome-and-the/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

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> [Accountants, machinists, medical technicians, even software writers that write the software for 'machines' are being displaced without upscaled replacement jobs. Retrain, rehire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gross/accountants-machinists-medical-technicians-even-software-writers-that/)

[Bill Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gross/)

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> [“To many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslye-walton/to-many-i-was-myth-incarnate-the-embodiment-of-a-most-superb-legend-a/)

[Leslye Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslye-walton/)

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> [“The three sons of Bor had no liking for Ymir... At last they attacked Ymir and killed him. His wounds were like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-crossley-holland/the-three-sons-of-bor-had-no-liking-for-ymir-at-last-they-attacked/)

[Kevin Crossley-Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-crossley-holland/)

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> [Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-wright/greek-myths-are-heroic-noble-and-tragic-but-the-american-dream-is/)

[John C. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-wright/)

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> [Science fiction, because it ventures into no man's lands, tends to meet some of the requirements posed by Jung in his explorations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/science-fiction-because-it-ventures-into-no-man-s-lands-tends-to-meet/)

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

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> [Within the studies and on the screen, the Jews could simply create a new country - an empire of their own, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-gabler/within-the-studies-and-on-the-screen-the-jews-could-simply-create-a/)

[Neal Gabler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-gabler/)

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> [Science and Technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr/science-and-technology-revolutionize-our-lives-but-memory-tradition/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr/)

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> [I think there's always been a myth that sailors brought in records in their knapsacks as if you could ... in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-taylor/i-think-there-s-always-been-a-myth-that-sailors-brought-in-records-in/)

[Derek Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-taylor/)

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> [A brilliant analysis of leadership in democratic, authoritarian, and totalitarian states, Archie Brown's The Myth of the Strong Leader draws on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-f-matlock-jr/a-brilliant-analysis-of-leadership-in-democratic-authoritarian-and/)

Jack F. Matlock, Jr

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> [I do believe in the myth of San Francisco and there is a force, a magical kind of thing there. That feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-segall/i-do-believe-in-the-myth-of-san-francisco-and-there-is-a-force-a/)

[Ty Segall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-segall/)

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> [“Some years ago I had a conversation with a man who thought that writing and editing fantasy books was a rather frivolous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-windling/some-years-ago-i-had-a-conversation-with-a-man-who-thought-that/)

[Terri Windling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-windling/)

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> [People knew there were two ways of coming at truth. One was science, or what the Greeks called Logos, reason, logic. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/people-knew-there-were-two-ways-of-coming-at-truth-one-was-science-or/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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> [Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/is-the-beauty-myth-good-to-men-it-hurts-them-by-teaching-them-how-to/)

[Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-wolf/)

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> [Creativity is simply the human brain forming new connections between ideas, and we all are engaged in this process every day. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gungor/creativity-is-simply-the-human-brain-forming-new-connections-between/)

[Michael Gungor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gungor/)

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> [Many people entertain the idea that Christianity,like almost any other religion,is basically a system of beliefs-you know, a set of doctrines or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-mcdowell/many-people-entertain-the-idea-that-christianity-like-almost-any/)

[Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-mcdowell/)

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> [ Thoughts are created in the act of writing. \[It is a myth that\] you must have something to say in order to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-smith/thoughts-are-created-in-the-act-of-writing-it-is-a-myth-that-you-must/)

[Frank Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-smith/)

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> [Whiteness itself is artifice, is fiction, is a construction, is narrative, is myth. And I seek to deconstruct all of that, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/whiteness-itself-is-artifice-is-fiction-is-a-construction-is/)

[Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/)

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> [Schools, the institutions traditionally called upon to correct social inequality, are unsuited to the task; without economic opportunity to follow educational opportunity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/schools-the-institutions-traditionally-called-upon-to-correct-social/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

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> [“In Pliny I read about the invention of clay modeling. A Sicyonian potter came to Corinth. There his daughter fell in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/in-pliny-i-read-about-the-invention-of-clay-modeling-a-sicyonian/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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## Top authors on Myth

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                        "text": "We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is a myth that lets us off the hook - if I wait for enough time to listen, I don't have to listen now, I don't have to take responsibility for being available to what is trying to bubble up today.",
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                        "text": "“He's Darkness. Unpleasant. I wouldn't trust him. Nor do I trust every mortal I meet. I don't know where evil comes from, and frankly it doesn't matter. Not right now. Histories and myths are renamed and reinvented eternally across the world. I can't speak to that. What I do know? This is your story.”",
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                        "text": "PEOPLE DIE. This is the fact the world desperately hides from us from birth. Long after you find out the truth about sex and Santa Claus, this other myth endures, this one about how you’ll always get rescued at the last second and if not, your death will at least mean something and there’ll be somebody there to hold your hand and cry over you. All of society is built to prop up that lie, the whole world a big, noisy puppet show meant to distract us from the fact that at the end, you’ll die, and you’ll probably be alone.",
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                        "text": "“The obvious pollution occurring in many places - worst of all, in the planned societies- has encouraged the growth of the environmental movement, which, however, as shown in previous chapters, has an agenda that goes far beyond clean-up and beautification, far beyond the stewardship of nature that is commanded by ancient religious tradition. Embracing the \"biospheric vision\" in the \"spirit of deep ecology\", the movement sees human beings as the chief enemy in the struggle on behalf of a deified Nature. The environmental movement, therefore, is the perfect vehicle for population control. It is popular - people do love trees and animals and beautiful scenery - and it is unequivocal in its devotion to reducing human numbers. The environmental agencies of the United Nations, with their chilling blueprints for \"demographic transition\" and a standardless, undefined but totally planned and controlled \"sustainable development\", combine the fervor of nature worship with the lack of accountability of an unelected, international bureaucracy.”",
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                        "text": "“The three sons of Bor had no liking for Ymir... At last they attacked Ymir and killed him. His wounds were like springs; so much blood streamed from them and so fast, that the flood drowned all the frost giants except Bergelmir and his wife. They embarked in their boat and rode out on a tide of gore”",
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                        "text": "Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom overweening ambition is rewarded, not punished. The Wright Brothers did not have their wings melt when they flew too high. Perhaps their wings were more soundly built than those of Icarus.",
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                        "text": "Science fiction, because it ventures into no man's lands, tends to meet some of the requirements posed by Jung in his explorations of archetypes, myth structures and self-understanding. It may be that the primary attraction of science fiction is that it helps us understand what it means to be human.",
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                        "text": "“Some years ago I had a conversation with a man who thought that writing and editing fantasy books was a rather frivolous job for a grown woman like me. He wasn’t trying to be contentious, but he himself was a probation officer, working with troubled kids from the Indian reservation where he’d been raised. Day in, day out, he dealt in a concrete way with very concrete problems, well aware that his words and deeds could change young lives for good or ill. I argued that certain stories are also capable of changing lives, addressing some of the same problems and issues he confronted in his daily work: problems of poverty, violence, and alienation, issues of culture, race, gender, and class... “Stories aren’t real,” he told me shortly. “They don’t feed a kid left home in an empty house. Or keep an abusive relative at bay. Or prevent an unloved child from finding ‘family’ in the nearest gang.” Sometimes they do, I tried to argue. The right stories, read at the right time, can be as important as shelter or food. They can help us to escape calamity, and heal us in its aftermath. He frowned, dismissing this foolishness, but his wife was more conciliatory. “Write down the names of some books,” she said. “Maybe we’ll read them.” I wrote some titles on a scrap of paper, and the top three were by Charles de lint – for these are precisely the kind of tales that Charles tells better than anyone. The vital, necessary stories. The ones that can change and heal young lives. Stories that use the power of myth to speak truth to the human heart. Charles de Lint creates a magical world that’s not off in a distant Neverland but here and now and accessible, formed by the “magic” of friendship, art, community, and social activism. Although most of his books have not been published specifically for adolescents and young adults, nonetheless young readers find them and embrace them with particular passion. I’ve long lost count of the number of times I’ve heard people from troubled backgrounds say that books by Charles saved them in their youth, and kept them going. Recently I saw that parole officer again, and I asked after his work. “Gets harder every year,” he said. “Or maybe I’m just getting old.” He stopped me as I turned to go. “That writer? That Charles de Lint? My wife got me to read them books…. Sometimes I pass them to the kids.” “Do they like them?” I asked him curiously. “If I can get them to read, they do. I tell them: Stories are important. ” And then he looked at me and smiled.”",
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                        "text": "Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women. It does not, contrary to its own professed ideology, stimulate and gratify sexual longing. In suggesting a vision in place of a woman, it has a numbing effect, reducing all senses but the visual, and impairing even that.",
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                        "text": "Many people entertain the idea that Christianity,like almost any other religion,is basically a system of beliefs-you know, a set of doctrines or a code of behavior, a philosophy, an ideology. But that's a myth. Christianity is not at all like Buddhism or Islam or Confucianism. The founders of those religions said (in effect), 'Here is what I teach. Believe my teachings. Follow my philosophy.' Jesus said, 'Follow me'(Matthew 9:9). Leaders of the world's religions said, 'What do you think about what I teach?' Jesus said, 'Who do you say I am?'(Luke 9:20)",
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                        "text": "Thoughts are created in the act of writing. [It is a myth that] you must have something to say in order to write. Reality: You often need to write in order to have anything to say. Thought comes with writing, and writing may never come if it is postponed until we are satisfied that we have something to say...The assertion of write first, see what you had to say later applies to all manifestations of written language, to letters...as well as to diaries and journals",
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                        "text": "Whiteness itself is artifice, is fiction, is a construction, is narrative, is myth. And I seek to deconstruct all of that, to challenge the accretion, the intellectual accretion, the philosophical secretion that generates within the edifice of white supremacy that allows people easy escape, and egress. And I'm saying, \"No, you can't leave now. You cannot afford to not know what I'm talking about, because you gotta be held accountable.\"",
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