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Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the… — Ivan Illich
A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning… — Rollo May
Iker Casillas is a legend, a myth, and myths do not give up just like that. — Jorge Valdano
Apparently, myths become truths if upheld long enough. — Eric Chaisson
Life is inherently disturbing. That's why we've created the myths-to help us overcome, defend or deny, to transcend the grim reality of what here seems… — Laurence Overmire
This evil, this concept, it comes from disappointment, from bitterness! Don't you see? Children of Satan! Children of God! Is this the only question you… — Anne Rice
Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and… — Jean O'Leary
We have such a young culture that there is an opportunity to contribute wonderful new myths to it, which will be accepted. — Kurt Vonnegut
The flood will lift the ghosts from the Hollywood lawn cemetery and they will disappear like ether in the now dead air. All the names… — Robert Montgomery
We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs. — Harold Geneen
Some are trapped in boxes of pea-sized Christianity, full of myths about missions that rob them of incentive to care about the unreached — David Bryant
There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will look beyond the… — Aprilynne Pike
If we only arrange our life in accordance with the principle which tells us that we must always trust in the difficult, then what now… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Markets are interested in profits and profits only; service, quality, and general affluence are different functions altogether. The universal, democratic prosperity that Americans now look… — Thomas Frank
We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories,… — Unknown Author
I used to read the myths of love Now I have become the mythical lover — Rumi
There are some disabling myths about what art is, how to do it, what is good art, and what art is for, that have gagged… — Peter London
Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and Arabia to the… — Edith Hall
The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous. — Diodorus Siculus
Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices.… — Andrei Sakharov
The power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections — not only between us and the natural… — Alan Lee
I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...) — Alan Lee
They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the… — Hirohito
It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient Greek word mythos… — James Hillman
In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks. — Salman Rushdie

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