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human belief systems are good at absorbing contradictions into their thinking.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
“Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.”
― Glennon Doyle
Reads with Ravix.comDavid Mamet Memo to "The Unit" Writing Staff
David Mamet's memo provides guidelines for the writing staff of the TV show "The Unit" regarding the importance of drama, storytelling, and creating engaging scenes that advance the plot.
screencraft.orgMacaulay believed that the disjunctions that afflicted us were intrinsic to the human condition and there was no permanent escape from them.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Vintage International)
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‘workmanlike’ players were selected instead of ‘stars’ and the appeal of the ‘David Beckham’ narrative (the instinctive belief that good-looking players are somehow better) was rejected.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
It may be that, subconsciously, we all settle for explanations we are predisposed to accept, and reject those we are predisposed against.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
The people Crossan described as the expendables, those at the bottom of the bottom of the world’s pyramids of power.