{"quotes":[{"text":"Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same as or at least compatible with their beliefs.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["beliefs","brainwashed","brainwashing","compatibility","conclusions","conform","conformist","conformity","critical-thinking","herd-mentality","independent-thinking","independent-thought","indoctrination","nonconformity","puppet","sheep","sheep-mentality"],"id":20066,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"The principle of laughter and the carnival spirit on which the grotesque is based destroys this limited seriousness and all pretense of an extratemporal meaning and unconditional value of necessity. It frees human consciousness, thought, and imagination for new potentialities. For this reason, great changes, even in the field of science, are always preceded by a certain carnival consciousness that prepares the way.","author":"Mikhail Bakhtin","tags":["carnival","clown","feast","fool","inversion","jester","mysticism","puppet","rabelais","revolution","science","taz"],"id":34219,"author_id":"Mikhail+Bakhtin"},{"text":"You do not have a mind belongs to yourself! Your thoughts are the thoughts of your culture! When you speak, it is not you but your culture, your religion, your traditions, your political or spiritual leaders speak! If not you but your culture, your religion etc. Are speaking on behalf of you, then what are you, who are you? A stupid puppet? Get a mind which belongs to yourself! Only then you will be able to speak with your own thoughts on behalf of your own self!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["free-mind","free-thinking","free-thinking-abilities","ildan-wise-sayings","murat-ildan","puppet","religion","religions","thinking","thinking","thoughts","traditions","turkish-literature"],"id":54338,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"It is possible to be a puppet on a string, controlled by hidden forces.","author":"Steven Redhead","tags":["control","possible","puppet"],"id":85538,"author_id":"Steven+Redhead"},{"text":"Would've been useful when I was about eight,' I said. 'I used to have wicked nightmares.' I did, too: stupid dreams about being chased by Elmo. A psycho Elmo with eyes like that Chucky doll. I'd wake up screaming and Vicky would come running in and ask what the nightmare was about. I never told her. I was too embarrassed.","author":"Robin Stevenson","tags":["childhood","chucky","creepy","doll","dream","elmo","embarrassing-moment","gives-me-the-willies","kid","nightmare","parent","psycho","puppet","sesame-street","spooky","stalker","wicked","young-adult"],"id":110492,"author_id":"Robin+Stevenson"},{"text":"I didn't respond to him. Couldn't speak at all. Couldn't look at his self-mutilation--not even the clean, bandaged version of it. Instead, I looked at my own rough, stained house painter's hand. They seemed more like puppets than hands. I had no feelings in it either.","author":"Wally Lamb","tags":["feelings","hands","puppet","self-mutilation"],"id":125488,"author_id":"Wally+Lamb"},{"text":"You’ve thrown down the gauntlet. You’ve brought my wrath down upon your house. Now, to prove that I exist I must kill you. As the child outlives the father, so must the character bury the author. If you are, in fact, my continuing author, then killing you will end my existence as well. Small loss. Such a life, as your puppet, is not worth living.But… If I destroy you and your dreck script, and I still exist… then my existence will be glorious, for I will become my own master.","author":"Chuck Palahniuk","tags":["chuck-palahniuk","damned","death","dying","heaven","hell","kill","life","living","master","murder","puppet","wrath"],"id":163686,"author_id":"Chuck+Palahniuk"},{"text":"Typically, in politics, more than one horse is owned and managed by the same team in an election. There's always and extra candidate who will slightly mimic the views of their team's opposing horse, to cancel out that person by stealing their votes just so the main horse can win. Elections are puppet shows. Regardless of their rainbow coats and many smiles, the agenda is one and the same.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["agenda","agendas","candidate","corruption","costumes","democrat","elect","election","elections","horse","horses","left","left-wing","masks","nominations","nominees","opponents","political","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","politricks","presidential-elections","puppet","puppets","rainbow","rainbow-coat","republican","right","right-wing","smiles","steal-votes","stealing","vote","voters","votes","voting"],"id":175867,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Sarcasm is a manifestation of anger, and anger can make you the puppet of your opponents.","author":"Wayne Gerard Trotman","tags":["anger","anger-management","bitterness","contempt","cynicism","puppet","quotable","sarcasm","symptoms-of-anger"],"id":185135,"author_id":"Wayne+Gerard+Trotman"},{"text":"What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible.... Be very chary of revealing your hoarded secrets. Many lose all power once they have been divulged. Be even more careful of sharing your secrets lest you find yourself a puppet dancing on someone else's strings.","author":"Robin Hobb","tags":["betray","careful","collect","discern","hide","power","puppet","reveal","secret","threat","trust","use","utilize","wary"],"id":185299,"author_id":"Robin+Hobb"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}