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Metaphor Quotes

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time Picture Quote #1

Of course I didn’t pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality Picture Quote #1

An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor Picture Quote #1

It’s like boxing a glacier. Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is Picture Quote #1

Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can’t instill it in someone else Picture Quote #1

The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing. It counteracts fanaticism. It grants even to adversaries the possibility of partial truth, and to oneself the possibility of error Picture Quote #1

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Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason, most people think they can get along perfectly well without metaphor. We have found, on the contrary, that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature Picture Quote #1

Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print Picture Quote #1

It’s like dance is a metaphor for going beyond where you think you can go Picture Quote #1

Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler Picture Quote #1

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Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time (Metaphor Quotes) Of course I didn’t pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality (Metaphor Quotes) An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor (Metaphor Quotes) It’s like boxing a glacier. Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is (Metaphor Quotes) Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can’t instill it in someone else (Metaphor Quotes) The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing. It counteracts fanaticism. It grants even to adversaries the possibility of partial truth, and to oneself the possibility of error (Metaphor Quotes) Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason, most people think they can get along perfectly well without metaphor. We have found, on the contrary, that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature (Metaphor Quotes) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print (Metaphor Quotes) It’s like dance is a metaphor for going beyond where you think you can go (Metaphor Quotes) Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler. (Metaphor Quotes)

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