Mythology Quotes
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Organized religions in general, in my opinion, are dying forms. They were all very important when we didn't know why the sun moved, why weather changed, why hurricanes occurred, or volcanoes happened. Modern religion is the end trail of modern mythology. But there are people who interpret the Bible literally. Literally! I choose not to believe that's the way. And that's what makes America cool, you know?
Bruce Willis
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Ideology... is a kind of contemporary mythology, a realm which has purged itself of ambiguity and alternative possibility.
Terry Eagleton
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A certain mythology has grown up around the band after 30 years. We didn't want to come back until we felt we could play and not pop that bubble.
Eric Carmen
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According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.
Plato
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The way superheroes dominate the fictional landscape now, along with dystopian futures and zombies. Yeah, definitely - I think these stories function as a kind of mythology for us.
Adam Frank
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Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it.
Bel Kaufman
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I know a little about Greek mythology. It's not that far away from the Nordic mythology.
Mads Mikkelsen
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I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs.
Edmund Hillary
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Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.
Alistair Cooke
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The gods in Yoruba mythology are not remote at all. They're benign, they're malign, they are mischievous, like Eshu for instance, tricksters, rascally, fornicators, that's a similarity to Greek mythology, for instance, you know. They're not saints, they're not saints. They're powerful. It's why they're not tyrannical. Of course, a number of them are also very, you know, benevolent, you know, there are saintly virtues to be found in them.
Wole Soyinka
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Every time we revise our history, we also revise the mythology of our history.
Laura Anne Gilman
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Literature is conscious mythology: as society develops, its mythical stories become structural principles of story-telling, its mythical concepts, sun-gods and the like, become habits of metaphoric thought. In a fully mature literary tradition the writerenters intoa structure of traditional stories and images.
Northrop Frye
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I can't compare these movies (Vampire Academy/Twilight/Harry Potter). Every single one of them has their own mythology.
Danila Kozlovsky
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The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.
Ernie Isley
The Isley Brothers
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Drawing from art history and mythology allows me to connect with viewers in a familiar, yet loose visual framework. Blending disparate histories and themes can give the overall presentation a recognizable, yet unique flavor.
John Baizley
Baroness
