"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."

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Source : 1986 I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon,'How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later'.

Philip K. Dick

#Writing Quotes #Reality Quotes #People Quotes

“Say unto thine own heart, 'I am mine own redeemer.”
“It is done... the precious portrait placed in the hands of the gentlemen for safe keeping.”
“Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world.”
“It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better.”
“My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was Just William. It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by melanin. When you put it that way, it sounds like a foolish reason for fame. In a just and free society it would be foolish. That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black and a woman proves, I think, that our society is not yet either just or free.”

Source : Shirley Chisholm (2010). “Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.19, Take Root Media
“Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the first desert mystics, frequently encountered strange and sometimes terrifying psychophysical forces while at prayer.”
“Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.”

Source : 1873 'Conclusion' in Studies in the History of the Renaissance.

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