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I sometimes visualize meeting one person as the equivalent of meeting the Ocean’s 11 crew together at once, wrapped up in one human envelope—we each have distinct parts, and we tell a story to ourselves and the world that they are a coherent whole, but depending on the context different parts step forward into the light on the stage.
Graham Duncan Blog • What's Going on Here, With This Human? - Graham Duncan Blog
Power is never one’s own, and in that respect it shows the contradiction inherent in all finite play. I can be powerful only by not playing, by showing that the game is over. I can therefore have only what powers others give me. Power is bestowed by an audience after the play is complete. Power is contradictory, and theatrical.
James P. Carse • Finite and Infinite Games
Culture is a set of living relationships working toward a shared goal. It’s not something you are. It’s something you do.
Daniel Coyle • The Culture Code
A seducer sees all of life as theater, everyone an actor. Most people feel they have constricted roles in life, which makes them unhappy. Seducers, on the other hand, can be anyone and can assume many roles.
Robert Greene • The Art of Seduction
“Interdependent selves, by contrast, view themselves as relational, similar to others, adjusting to their situations, and rooted in traditions and obligations.”