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I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#books #literature #experience

Every knee will bend before me, and every tongue shall give glory to God. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#bend #every #give #glory #god

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#cunning #divorced #justice #knowledge #may

It's perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific. The theory of that genetic component, whatever it turns out to be, is what is called universal grammar. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#component #distinguishes #factor #genetic #grammar

My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material. ↗

— Tommy Chong

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But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult! ↗

— Kate Chopin

#chaotic #disturbing #emerge #especially #ever

But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#body #care #good #good health #health

Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason. ↗

— Stephen Chow

#casting #different #find #i #main

The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#become #challenges #daughter #daughters #defend

After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a much more ancient Goddess. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

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