"Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously we weave the narratives of myth and folk tale into our daily existence."

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Source : Jack Zipes (2013). “Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale”, p.4, University Press of Kentucky

Jack Zipes

#Fabric Quotes #Narrative Quotes #Ancient Quotes

“You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.”
“You mustn't stand about. Come home with me to dinner.â€™ â€˜No.â€™ More shakes his head. â€˜I would rather be blown around on the river and go home hungry. If I could trust you only to put food in my mouth â€“ but you will put words into it.”
“Freedom and ***** are the most cosmopolitan items under the sun.”
“I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.”
“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”
“One [of the two ideas for PROOF] was to write about two sisters who are quarreling over the legacy of something left behind by their father. The other was about someone who knew that her parent had had problems of mental illness [and that] she might be going through the same thing.”
“If you practice hard, you can win every battle.”
“I feel like there's no such thing as failure. When something doesn't go the way I want it to, I learn from it, and I accomplish more than I initially expected to.”

Source : "Actor Thomas Q. Jones: Making it out of a small town and a positive perspective on failure". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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