“It is a truism, of course, that in "democratic" states the populace must be encouraged to imagine that it makes important decisions by voting, and must therefore be controlled by suitable propaganda, which implants ideas to which the voters respond as automatically as trained animals respond to words of command in a circus, thus leaving to the masses only a factitious choice between Tweedledum and Tweedledee on the basis of their preference for a certain kind of oratory, a hair-style, or a particular facial expression.” KindImportantIdeasStatesCertainChoicesCoursesDecisionAnimalImagineStyleParticularExpressionHairMassBasesDemocraticLeavingCommandPropagandaVotingControlledVotersImagine ThatPreferenceCircusSuitableFacialOratoryBe EncouragedImportant DecisionsImplantsTruismFacial Expression Author:Revilo P. Oliver
“The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going on behind the venetian blinds and unshaven, but ruggedly handsome, detectives working themselves with single-minded devotion into the bottle and marital breakdown. The truth is that at the end of the day, unless you've generated some sort of lead, you go home and get on with the important things in life - like drinking and sleeping, and if you're lucky, a relationship with the gender and sexual orientation of your choice.” IfsImportantEndsHomeChoicesSleepViewsBehindsImagineTruth IsLuckyConversationImportant ThingsDrinkingGenderSpeedDevotionThe End Of The DayBottlesThings In LifeInvestigationHandsomeTenseDetectivesBreakdownOrientationGeneral Public Book:Moon Over Soho Source: Moon Over Soho
“It is unwise to equate scientific activity with what we call reason, poetic activity with what we call imagination. Without the imaginative leap from facts to generalisation, no theoretic discovery in science is made. The poet, on the other hand, must not imagine but reason--that is to say, he must exercise a great deal of consciously directed thought in the selection and rejection of his data: there is a technical logic, a poetic reasoning in his choice of the words, rhythms and images by which a poem's coherence is achieved.” MadeReasonFactsHandsSciencePoetryChoicesImaginationDealsImaginePoetExerciseActivityDiscoveryLogicRhythmDataRejectionReasoningPoeticLeapSelectionImaginativeUnwiseCoherenceDiscovery In ScienceGeneralisation Author:Cecil Day-Lewis
“How self-centered, how arrogant... Imagine the awesome privilege of living in a society where you get to choose what you eat at each and every meal. When I was a kid, I was a vegetarian and a vegan for long stretches... I was a commodity cheese-atarian.” LongSelfKidsChoicesImaginePrivilegeMealsVegetarianVeganArrogantCheeseCommoditySelf Centered Author:Sherman Alexie
“Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.” IfsChoicesFallImagineLosingNo FearDisapproval Author:Martha Beck
“Men speak of blind destiny, a thing without scheme or purpose. But what sort of destiny is that? Each act in this world from which there can be no turning back has before it another, and it another yet. In a vast endless net. Men imagine that the choices before them are theirs to make. But we are free to act only upon what is given. Choice is lost in the maze of generations and each act in the maze is itself an enslavement for it voids every alternative and binds one ever more tightly into the constraints that make a life.” MenWorldPurposeChoicesLostSpeakGivenDestinyImagineGenerationsThis WorldBlindEndlessAlternativesVoidImagine ThatSchemesConstraintsMazesEnslavementNo Turning Back Book:The Border Trilogy: Picador Classic Source: The Border Trilogy: Picador Classic
“I don't know why I've always loved makeup so much. It helps me get ready for my day and the stage. It really does make a huge difference. We're just so lucky as women to be able to wear it. If you're having a bad day you can change that. Guys don't have a choice and just have to face the world like that. Could you imagine?” IfsKnowsWorldDoeHelpingAbleFacesGuyChoicesDifferencesImagineStageReadyHugeLuckyHelp MeMakeupBad DayThat GuySo LuckyHaving A Bad Day Author:Gwen Stefani
“Though representatives of many ethnic groups came together in the United States, English became their common language. Apparently, this was a natural choice. One can imagine what would have happened if members of each nation moving to the U.S. had spoken only their own tongues and refused to learn English.” IfsStatesTogetherMovingChoicesLanguageNationsNaturalUnitedCommonUnited StatesImagineHappenedGroupsMembersTongueRepresentativesEthnic GroupsCommon Language Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“People of the world, the time for decision is short. It is measured in a few years. The choice is ours as to whether or not we will pay the price of peace. If we are not willing to pay it, all that we hold dear will be consumed in the flame of war. The darkness in our world today is due to the disintegration of things which are contrary to God's laws. Let us never say hopelessly this is the darkness before a storm; rather let us say with faith this is the darkness before the dawn of the golden age of peace, which we cannot now even imagine. For this, let us hope and work and pray.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsWarAgeTodayLawChoicesDecisionPayDarknessImagineWillingPrayingDearStormDuesContraryGoldenDawnFlamesOur WorldConsumedWorld TodayPay The PriceGolden AgeDisintegrationDarkness Before The Dawn Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“A lot of people do what their families do. Imagine if everyone in the family is a doctor and they decide to become an actor. Then people have to make those choices for themselves and their art and what they believe in.” PeopleIfsBelieveArtChoicesActorsImagineDoctors Author:Zoe Kravitz
“You can just imagine the restrictions of shooting in a prison, but I just decided I'm going to embrace those restrictions sometimes when you don't have many choices you can make the best choices.” SometimesChoicesImagineDecidedEmbracePrisonShootingRestriction Author:Brian Lindstrom
“You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make.” WantWritingPersonsStoriesChoicesNovelImagineEarsTricksWhisperingVisualizationChoices You MakeWord Choice Author:Julianna Baggott
“I like to imagine that all the choices you make during the day that you're doing a particular scene are going to feed into the creation of that scene. It's not a movie-by-movie or a part-by-part basis. It's a day-by-day thing, and sometimes an hour-by-hour thing.” SometimesChoicesHoursImagineCreationParticularSceneBasesImagine ThatChoices You Make Author:Thomas Jane