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Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end.
Daniel Tammet
Work
Great
Great Deal
Our
Would
Solution
Had
Mythology
Put
Deal
Greatest
Mathematicians
End
Leg
Get
Order
In The End
Even
Medical training taught me the art of breaking down the complex maze of stories, symbols and rituals into clear systems. You could say that it helped me figure out the anatomy and physiology of mythology and its relevance in a society more incisively. How is it that no society can, or does, exist without them?
Devdutt Pattanaik
Art
Me
You
Training
Down
Society
Say
Anatomy
Complex
Relevance
Out
Systems
More
Could
Physiology
Rituals
Mythology
Clear
Without
Does
How
Exist
Taught
Maze
Stories
Breaking
Them
Figure
Helped
Medical
Symbols
Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.
Devdutt Pattanaik
Knowledge
Vast
Mythology
Been
Body
I was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years - since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, 'Hercules' was one of the movies that I - not chased, because I didn't have the power to chase anything - but always had in the back of my mind.
Dwayne Johnson
Mind
Power
First
Back
Honored
Kid
Broke
Born
Chase
Chased
Had
Mythology
Over
Since
Because
Always
Years
Anything
Loved
Movies
Hollywood
Play
Hercules
I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.
Eric Bana
School
Wish
Had
Mythology
Study
Greek
Greek Mythology
I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in an exciting, fast-paced way - enough that there's a really clear, aggressive direction to where it's going, to pay off mystery and reward the audiences loyalty.
Eric Kripke
Loyalty
Reward
Pay
Aggressive
Enough
Way
Direction
Mystery
Mythology
Clear
Exciting
Like
Know
Audiences
Off
Get
Endless
Going
Where
Fan
Storytelling
Really
Fast-Paced
Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer's room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.
Eric Kripke
You
Action
Every
Type
Out
Plot
Ability
Writer
Take
Allow
Never
Mythology
Surprise
Left
Often
Want
Story
Room
Turn
Your
Map
Specifically
I don't look at it as writing a book in a videogame universe. I look at it as writing for 'Halo', which for me, transcends being just a great video game. It's evolving into a whole new mythology.
Eric Nylund
Great
Me
Game
Book
Writing
Universe
Evolving
Mythology
New
Look
Halo
Just
Being
Transcends
Which
Video
Video Game
Whole
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
Music
Beatles
People
Living
Chuck
Chuck Berry
Franklin
Berry
Aretha
Aretha Franklin
Mythology
Like
Baker
Greek
Greek Mythology
Just
Muse
In the story of Thetis and Achilles, it's clear this isn't really a safe environment. She's gone down to the River Styx - the dead are being ferried across in the background. There's something in this mythology that says that if you want invulnerability, if you want immortality, you pay a price.
Eula Biss
You
Gone
Pay
Down
Background
Says
Immortality
Something
Price
River
Mythology
Clear
Environment
Safe
Dead
She
Styx
Being
Want
Achilles
Story
Really
Across
Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.
Evan Osnos
Political
Wreak
Havoc
Mythology
Chinese
I think that Batman loses his efficacy and mythology if he's got too many people around him. That's what the Justice League is for, you know what I mean?
Greg Rucka
You
Justice
People
Too Many People
Think
Too
Batman
Mythology
He
League
Know
Him
Around
Got
Loses
His
Efficacy
Mean
Many
The idea of science fiction, mythology, and creating a world is my favourite thing. I do love the reality of dramas and playing that, but being able to start from scratch, to completely build the character and this world, I love that.
Hannah John-Kamen
Love
Character
Science
Reality
World
Build
Dramas
Favourite
Able
Mythology
Idea
Science Fiction
Scratch
Being
Fiction
Creating
Thing
Start
Playing
I always point out to my Passover guests that the Hebrews were not living in isolation. They were at the crossroads of several great, elaborate cultures with their own mythology and religion and art and architecture and cultural belief. In fact, so many of the mythologies of the world describe the same events, just from different points of view.
Harold Ramis
Art
Great
Religion
Architecture
World
Events
Isolation
Own
Living
Guests
Several
Out
Crossroads
Fact
Point
Points
Mythology
Always
Were
Cultural
Cultures
Same
Just
Different
In Fact
Hebrews
Elaborate
View
Many
Describe
Belief
Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls.
Henning Mankell
People
Girl
Country
Live
Think
Society
Charged
About
Perfect
Mythology
Democratic
Democratic Society
Still
Very
Created
Sweden
Full
Peaceful
Britain
I have a bit of a love affair with fairy tales and some of the ideas of Irish mythology, like Oscar Wilde and W.B. Yeats, who captured a lot of that very beautifully.
Hozier
Love
Wilde
Bit
Some
Mythology
Like
Tales
Ideas
Beautifully
Fairy
Fairy Tales
Affair
Yeats
Lot
Very
Irish
Love Affair
Who
Captured
Oscar
Oscar Wilde
To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
Irina Shayk
Art
You
Nothing
Mythology
Know
Piece
Vulgar
Greek
Greek Mythology
Movie
I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of 'The Hunger Games.'
Isabelle Fuhrman
Me
Strong
Goddess
Heroine
Hunger
Hunger Games
Favorite
Mythology
Obsessed
Reminds
She
Greek
Greek Mythology
Games
The great universal literature has always had a tragic relation with freedom. The Greeks renounced absolute freedom and imposed order on chaotic mythology, like a tyrant.
Ismail Kadare
Great
Freedom
Relation
Chaotic
Tyrant
Absolute
Absolute Freedom
Had
Mythology
Like
Always
Imposed
Tragic
Greeks
Order
Literature
Universal
Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.
J. K. Rowling
Parents
Think
Keys
Bathroom
Would
Mythology
Put
Name
Executive
Been
Subjects
Greek
Greek Mythology
Than
Planet
Useful
Hard
Less
You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.
Jack Kevorkian
Life
Work
You
Natural
World
Problems
India
Religious
Laws
Outlook
Mythology
Name
Ireland
Natural Life
Them
Your
Whole
Pakistan
Why
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
James Earl Jones
You
Events
Once
Mythology
Excuse
Indulge
Perilous
Begin
Explain
Race
Racial
Grounds
A lot of mythology surrounds British inventor Geoffrey Pyke. He supposedly made people come to his bedside to see his designs because getting up and getting dressed took too long.
Jamie Hyneman
People
Made
Long
Too
Took
See
Dressed
Inventor
Mythology
He
Come
Supposedly
Because
Geoffrey
Bedside
His
Lot
Up
Surrounds
Getting
Getting Dressed
Designs
British
That period of history has always fascinated me - Greek history, Greek mythology.
Jared Harris
Me
History
Mythology
Period
Always
Greek
Greek Mythology
Fascinated
Contrary to popular mythology, not all NFL cheerleaders are bimbos or strippers or bored pretty girls looking to get rich. The Ben-Gals offer proof. Neither a bimbo nor a stripper nor a bored pretty girl would survive the rigorous life of a Ben-Gal. The Ben-Gals all have jobs or school or both.
Jeanne Marie Laskas
Life
School
Girl
Pretty Girl
Looking
Rich
Jobs
Neither
Rigorous
Would
Bored
Pretty
Proof
Pretty Girls
Both
Mythology
Cheerleaders
Nor
Contrary
Offer
Survive
Get
Popular
Bimbo
There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character.
Jeremy Renner
Character
People
Listening
Made
Nothing
Every
Plots
About
Shakespeare
Mythology
Over
New
Makes
Greek
Greek Mythology
Same
Just
Story
Again
Nothing New
Keep
Ever
Watching
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