Myth Quotes
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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 of that preliminary embarrassing question: what is intended by myth? It is also because the answers given depend for the most part on the documents selected.
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Literally, the Bible is a gigantic myth, a narrative extending over the whole of time from creation to apocalypse, unified by a body of recurring imagery that "freezes" into a single metaphor cluster, the metaphors all being identified with the body of the Messiah, the man who is all men, the totality logoi who is one Logos, the grain of sand that is the world.
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The idea that beauty is unimportant or a cultural construct is the real beauty myth. We have to understand beauty, or we will always be enslaved by it.
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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In the beginning was the myth.
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The idea that trials are a search for the truth is just a myth. Trials are a search for that which the jury will believe is the truth.
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Out of necessity, one needs to occasionally consume, but I'm a little concerned that there's a little bit of a myth arising that we can buy our way to a sustainable future, and I don't think that's the case.
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The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians.
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The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.
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The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.
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I don't believe in the myth of the "self made man". Nobody gets through alone.
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All systems require myths for their longevity.
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There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves.
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Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality.
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Something fundamental about the myth of the Jew has resurfaced.
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By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.
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The fact is that you are more comfortable with myth than man.
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Heraldry is the fusion of fact and fancy, myth and manner, romance and reality. It is an exuberant union of family, art, and history.
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Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.
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It's the historian's job not to ridicule the myths, but to show the difference between myth and reality.
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The more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology.
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The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It's made up of 53 different countries. So to say 'invest in Africa' is a no-go. It's meaningless.
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It is true that race is a social fiction, a myth perpetuated by a variety of peoples throughout the modern period, especially, to further their own gains at the expense of others.
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With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz have offered a wealth of insightful analysis and brought together a number of topics often treated separately to inform a comprehensive discussion of the growth, character, and impact of the GED that is truly monumental. This is a first-rate book.
