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Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.
-- Dan Brown

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The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical.
-- George Lakoff

Source : George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (1999). “Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought”, p.3, Basic Books

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Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.
-- Leonard Bernstein

Source : Leonard Bernstein (1976). “The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard”, p.140, Harvard University Press

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Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification
-- Robert Smithson

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“[I love] anything chocolate, anytime, anywhere.”
“The Russian economy is about the size of the Italian economy; it's very small, and Russia's military force is larger than it was, because Putin's been investing in it, but it still doesn't compare to that of the United States, and his reach and aim still don't compare.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“Three Rules for Literary Success: 1. Read a lot. 2. Write a lot. 3. Read a lot more, write a lot more.”
“Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.”

Source : Berthold Auerbach (1874). “On the heights: a novel”, p.436
“You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.”
“I am making an Enlightenment Capsule for the audience to meditate inside - virtual reality in which people can experience ancient ideas from the East... But I'm not interested in using ancient things; rather I want to connect them with contemporary life through the technology we have now.”
“We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration!”
“There is only one writer in whom I find something that reminds me of the directness of style which is found in the Bible. It is Shakespeare.”
“Harvey wasn't interested in the clothes, it was the masks that mesmerized him. They were like snowflakes: no two alike. Some were made of wood and of plastic; some of straw and cloth and papier-mÃ¢chÃ©. Some were as bright as parrots, others as pale as parchment. Some were so grotesque he was certain they'd been carved by crazy people; others so perfect they looked like the death masks of angels. There were masks of clowns and foxes, masks like skulls decorated with real teeth, and one with carved flames instead of hair.”
“I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there is no need for unified front politics.”