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“After I am dead I would like people to say: 'Beuys understood the historical situation. He altered the course of events'. I hope in the right direction.”

People Courses Situation Events Understood Historical Altered Right Direction

Author:Joseph Beuys

“Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science once their causes are understood.”

Causes Mystery Events Happenings Understood Paranormal

Book:The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

Source: The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

“Nostradamus himself confessed that the vague manner in which he wrote his "prophecies" was so that 'they could not possibly be understood until they were interpreted after the event and by it.'”

Events Understood Prophecy Vague

Author:James Randi

“Plato--who may have understood better what forms the mind of man than do some of our contemporaries who want their children exposed only to "real" people and everyday events--knew what intellectual experience made for true humanity. He suggested that the future citizens of his ideal republic begin their literary education with the telling of myths, rather than with mere facts or so-called rational teachings.”

Source: The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales

“I've been around politics a long time. I've seen it at its best and its worst, been at so many events, listened to private conversations versus public speaking, understood the game of it, and in many ways the theatrics.”

Way Long Games Worst Events Conversation Long Time Understood Versus Public Speaking Theatrics

Author:Kevin Spacey

“We consider the Holocaust as being a sort of strange event taking place on another planet; we never understood in a visceral way that this is something that took place in the heart of man. That's something that you can feel, the genocidal tendency is within human nature. It seems that if we forget about this, our future is also compromised.”

Ifs Men Way Feels Humans Heart Seems Forget Events Human Nature Strange Planets Understood Tendencies Our Future Holocaust Visceral

Author:Laszlo Nemes

“I had a cheat sheet because I knew Tarell [Alvin McCraney]. His movie is largely autobiographical. I knew about certain events in his life and some of the people he talks about. I had visited the place where he lived many times so I understood innately what that was.”

People Certain Events Understood Cheat Sheets

Author:Andre Holland