"I am not a myth."

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"There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can."

Jessica Lange, American Actress

Myth,

"How should we be able to forget those myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Myth, Love, Courage, Beauty

"On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully. In those days the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over edges."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Myth, Earth, Dream, Fear, Sleep

"The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Myth, War, Power, Truth, Wisdom

"The more real things get, the more like myths they become."

Rainer W. Fassbinder, German Filmmaker

Myth, Myths

"Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'"

Paul McCartney, English Musician

Myth,

"If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them."

Richard Rohr, American Theologian

Myth, Meaning, Psychology, Life

"O weep for Adonis - He is dead.' 'Peace. He is not dead he doth not sleep - he hath wakened from the dream of life."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Myth, Life, Death, Observation, Dream

"Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

Myth, Therapy

"The Angel Gabriel disappeared once for sixty years and they found him on earth hiding in the body of a man named Miles Davis."

Christopher Moore, American Novelist

Myth, Music, Humor, Mystery

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"I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me."

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"I am at heart a gentleman."

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"Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs."

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"To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long."

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"There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can."

"On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully. In those days the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over edges."

"The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings."

"The more real things get, the more like myths they become."

"Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'"

"If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them."

"O weep for Adonis - He is dead.' 'Peace. He is not dead he doth not sleep - he hath wakened from the dream of life."

"Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative."

"The Angel Gabriel disappeared once for sixty years and they found him on earth hiding in the body of a man named Miles Davis."

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"The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face."

"Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves."

"Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade."

"They want you to bring out your intestines."

"Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret."

"There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them."

"I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me."

"I am at heart a gentleman."

"Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs."

"To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long."