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“I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.”

Thinking Energy Land Policy Tales Romney Congressman Energy Policy

Author:Ken Salazar

“In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth, such as brazilwood and pepper, which added a new range of sense experience to a civilization which had never suspected its own insipidity... From these same lands our modern Marco Polos now bring back the moral spices of which our society feels an increasing need as it is conscious of sinking further into boredom, but that this time they take the form of photographs, books, and travelers tales.”

“Before you enter the forest, you must leave your mind outside, because in the land of fairy tales there is no need for it!”

Needs Mind Land Tales Forests Fairy Fairy Tale

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The theoretical fruits of deliberate oversimplification through idealization are not to be denied... Reality in all its messy particularity is too complicated to theorize about, taken straight. The issue is, rather (since every idealization is a strategic choice), which idealizations might really shed some light... which will just land us... diverting fairy tales.”

Source: Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life

“The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement is inward, into the lands of the soul.”

Looks May Soul Journey Land Movement Mountain Tales Forests Fairy Fairy Tale Inward Castles

Author:Terri Windling

“I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. [There] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this story to people. ["The Land" is] a cautionary tale. It's not the brightest or best ending to a film when you're telling a cautionary tale about four kids, kids who are killing each other, kids who are products of the streets.”

People Years Stories Kids Film Certain Three Doubt Four Streets Land Products Projects Creating Killing Tales Pushing Three Years Pitching Killing Each Other Pushing It Cautionary Tales

Author:Steven Caple Jr.