Looks Quote by Alexander Chee Download Open image “The myth works to make the very real things people don't want to look at visible for them.” — Alexander Chee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Looks Myth People Real Real things Storytelling Visible Want
I think people create MYTH so that they can hide originality of the society. — Punkinhead Abhishek Copy Share Image
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves. — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The images of Myth are reflections of Spiritual and Depth potentialities of every one of us. Through contemplating those we evoke those powers in… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of… — Christopher Vogler Copy Share Image
“This is why myth is experienced as innocent speech: not because its intentions are hidden—if they were hidden, they could not be efficacious—but because… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
I had a naiveté that I would remember the things that I had written already, but I was getting lost in the forest of… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“None of the young women who wanted her position knew what her position was.” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also. Sappho was a performance… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“Nothing to fear from a fate that was already yours, then, except, perhaps, that it would never leave you.” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot,… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“When I was a boy and I sang, my voice felt to me like a leak sprung from a small and secret star hidden… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you. No one should have gone… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Each source that I read, I would look through the bibliography and the footnotes, and use that as a map for the next thing… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you." "Who's Magnus?" Max inquired. "He's a warlock," said… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image