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I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that they are familiar with, and try to turn it into a story. Cecelia Ahern
People Try Myth Possibility Out Kind Some Take Like Always Familiar Story Urban Turn Imagine
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softheadedness and weakness. The oligarchical power feeds on the sense that we are all individuals, struggling on our own, and ennobled by the effort. Charlie Pierce
Myth Power Own Sense Nothing Our Sign Weakness Struggling Individuals Feeds Doctrine Effort Common Hold Commonwealth Even Oligarchy
Despite the evidence that we already have too many students in higher education, the hot new idea among the political class is to double down by pushing for 'free college tuition.' The problem with the 'free college' idea is, however, not merely financial. It also reinforces the myth that college is appropriate or even possible for all students. Charlie Sykes
Education Class Problem Financial Political College Free Higher Education Myth Down Too Despite Appropriate Evidence Possible Higher Students Pushing Hot Merely Idea New Also New Idea However Political Class Tuition The Problem With Double Many Even Among
I love how Hollywood still wants to perpetuate the myth that beaches in Southern California are warm at night. Chris Carmack
Love Myth Beaches California How Still Perpetuate Southern Southern California Wants Warm Hollywood Night
The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories; we live and stand on their bones. Colson Whitehead
Myth Sacrifice Live Heroic Our John Idea Integral Die Order Stories Us Stand Figures Henry Bones
Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. Cyril Connolly
Today Science Myth Imagination Meet Artist Where Function Bring
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description. D. H. Lawrence
Soul Experience Myth Too Mental Purpose Attempt Blood Going Human Which Explanation Human Experience Deep Whole Description
I know I'm not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I'd rather be. So, yeah, that's how I'd define myself. I want to do it right, and prove people wrong once and for all about the myth of child stars. Daniel Radcliffe
Myself People Long Myth Stars Complain Else Once Define Miner About Rather Long Hours Never Never Complain Wrong Hours Know How Yeah Prove Child Want Coal Nowhere Right
A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars. David Antin
Man Lie Myth White Brown Name Smelly Terrible Person Little Pair Binoculars Suit
I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? David Byrne
You Creativity Myth Subscribe Once Draw Torment Fixed Artist
As you enter the world of myth, you have immediately a wonderful freedom. David Farr
Freedom You Wonderful World Myth Immediately Enter
We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is. David Lindsay-Abaire
Life Work You People Work Hard Opportunity Myth Luck Think Other Say Recognize True Accomplish Lot Very American Anything Succeed Skills Hard Thing Things Need
The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the myth that the Treasury either knows best or can run it all. It just doesn't. David Miliband
Government Best Needs Myth Run Restructuring Shared Taking Economy Knows Goal Contribute Just Either Means Whole Treasury British
It's a particularly modern myth that married people are best friends. The best-friend concept is a uniquely female phenomena. Deborah Tannen
Best People Myth Married Married People Concept Particularly Female Friends Modern Uniquely Phenomena
It is a huge myth that our voices don't matter, that our vote doesn't count. Diane Guerrero
Vote Matter Myth Our Voices Count Huge
From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not. Diane Wakoski
Good You Poet Myth Reading Consider Those Poetry Previous He Part Thus Know Answer Doing Cultural American Whether Aspects Figure Aware
The Roswell incident, for instance, had over three hundred witnesses - some describing the bodies, some the craft, some the military procedures. Were they all perpetuating their own lives in a myth? Dwight Schultz
Three Myth Own Military Hundred Some Had Instance Over Witnesses Were Perpetuating Craft Procedures Bodies Incident Describing Lives
History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth. E. L. Doctorow
History Generation People Myth Every Think Anew Writes Most End End Product Product Why Present
Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however. Edd Roush
Good Myth Too Good Ones Some Wrong Calling However Hitting Place Theory Whole
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth. Eddie Huang
Life Myth Out Only Comedian Goal Stomp
There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed. Edward Zwick
Myth National Has-Been Segment Excluded Been American Should Population
What is clear is that the Gospel of Judas has joined the other spectacular discoveries that are exploding the myth of a monolithic Christianity and showing how diverse and fascinating the early Christian movement really was. Elaine Pagels
Myth Christian Christianity Other Diverse Joined Clear Judas Gospel How Discoveries Movement Exploding Really Showing Fascinating Spectacular Early
Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic. Friedrich Durrenmatt
Today Communism Myth Party Think Abandon Only Democratic Becomes Infallible Survive
All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked! Gabrielle Union
Cancer Myth Skin Think Minorities Immune Absolutely Myths Part Five Gets Meant Meant To Be
This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth. Gary Lineker
Tired Myth Absolute Footballers Whole Thing
My '50s were different than other people's '50s. The myth didn't permeate our world, 'Donna Reed' and all that. I longed for that, I wanted to be like other normal families on TV. Gary Ross
People World Myth Other Our Our World TV Like Reed Were Normal Families Than Different Wanted
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