"Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter."

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Source : Maya Deren (1953). “Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti”, McPherson & Company

Maya Deren

#Mind Quotes #Matter Quotes #Facts Quotes

“George Jones was a big, huge name in our household. George Jones-he is considered country, but in every genre he is known. Everybody knows George Jones. But George has such a unique voice. And he made such timeless songs, like "Color of the Blues", just real hard-core country stuff.”
“Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper - ripped open once and, there, you're done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded.”
“How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill.”

Source : Song: The Heart Of The Matter, Album: The End of the Innocence
“The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the mouth of somebody else that they don't know the weight or gravity or intensity that something they've made has brought out in somebody else's life. It's simultaneously flattering and humbling. It makes me so thankful that I've been so lucky to be able to do this work.”

Source : Source: www.songfacts.com
“I have stopped sleeping inside. A house is too small, too confining. I want the whole world, and the stars too.”
“I've never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it's a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes”

Source : Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.147, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.”

Source : 'Listener' 6 June 1963
“Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.”

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