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Myths which are believed in tend to become true. - George Orwell

Myths which are believed in tend to become true. – George Orwell

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No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. – George Orwell

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George Orwell
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Myths, Mythology
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Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words. – Italo Calvino

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Myths, Mythology

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion. – Roland Barthes

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Myths, Mythology

He said myths and mythology wasnt to give meaning to life but to give us an experience of life, an experience of vitality in being alive. – Joseph Campbell

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Myths, Mythology

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts. – Salman Rushdie

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Myths, Mythology

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