#allegorical

When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical. ↗

— Barbet Schroeder

#kill #literature #matters #movies #somebody

Irony is the kid who steals music and is stolen by the music. ↗

— MEDVGNO

#epic-poetry #film-script #philosophical #music

They don’t give Olympic medals out for talking a good game. ↗

— Steve Backley

#inspirational #life-changing #mind-body-spirit #motivational #new-thought

Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ↗

— Steve Backley

#inspirational #life-changing #mind-body-spirit #motivational #new-thought

Now whatever the origin of this apparently meaningless jumble of ideas may have been, it is really a perfect and very slightly allegorical expression of the actual present views we hold today. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#allegorical #apparently #been #expression #hold

But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#allegorical #arbitrary #attaches #be true #categories

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#among #bible #bliss #complex #damnation

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#dog #had #i #know #me

You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive. ↗

— Steve Backley

#inspirational #life-changing #mind-body-spirit #motivational #new-thought

Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to move in a new direction. Start creating your own good luck today. ↗

— Steve Backley

#inspirational #life-changing #mind-body-spirit #motivational #new-thought