Besides stage magic props and settings, ritually abusing groups use technology, such as that described by Katz and Fotheringham. Military/political groups have the most sophisticated technologies, and much training or programming is now done with virtual reality equipment. Movies and holograms are used to deceive a child into believing in things that are unreal. When a client says to you “I don't know if it's real; how can it be real?” remember that there are several options, not just two: (1) It happened just as s/he remembers; (2) it did not happen at all; (3) something happened, but due to technology and/or trickery it was not what s/he thinks it was; (4) the thought that the memory must be unreal is itself a program, as described in Chapter Twelve, “Maybe I made it up." p55
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JAMES DURBIN (There are so many If's like Why's, why there, if there... but why?? Look again I say this word!) DEYTH BANGER sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH My dad said to me a few years ago: "There's no harm in thinking." We were talking about Crazy Uncle ... MARIAH FREDERICKS I'm just asking you to accept that there are some people who will go to extraordinary lengths to cov... LAURIE MATTHEW But what I would like to know," says Albert, "is whether there would not have been a war if th... ERICH MARIA REMARQUE Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS When you feel that a relationship is not same as it was and it is lacking the old charm, love, and m... NIKITA DUDANI Performance is there, and if you are not there in that moment it happened, it just stays in the memo... MARINA ABRAMOVIC Was that me? Yes it was. Was that him? No it wasn't.. Just a trick of the woods! Just ... STEPHEN SONDHEIM For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. 2. Fo... MORRIE SCHWARTZ You've known him how long?" Malcolm asked. "Since he was a small boy. I firs noticed him when ... JOHN FLANAGAN You are as you are until you're not. You change when you want to change. You put your ideas into act... JAMIE VARON There is (as I now find) no remorse for time long past, even for what may have mortified us or made ... GEORGE SANTAYANA 6 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, and I still don’t know which month it was then or what day it... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Now lend me your ears. Here is Creative Writing 101: 1. Use the time of a total stranger... KURT VONNEGUT GLINDA: Well,I'm a public figure now! People expect me to-- ELPHABA: Lie? GLIN... STEPHEN SCHWARTZ The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. 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MARGERY WILLIAMS BIANCO This is the list you carry in your pocket, of the things you plan to say to Kay, when you find him, ... KELLY LINK We're safe enough now,' he thought, 'we're snug and tight, like an air-raid shelter. We can hold out... DAPHNE DU MAURIER 1) I love you not for whom you are, but who i am when i'm by your side. 2) No person deser... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ People are born in the past,... most people will say that they are living in the present?! But it's ... DEYTH BANGER I was increasingly both horrified and sceptical about these memories - I had no recall of these thin... CAROLYN BRAMHALL It's not about how much movement you do, how much interaction there is, it just reeks of credibi... FRED DURST Why Is It So Important to Remember? When you were abused, those around you acted as if it... BEVERLY ENGEL I’ll be your family now,” he says. “I love you,” I say. I said that once, before I... 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WARD The only ghosts, I believe, who creep into this world, are dead young mothers, returned to see... J.M. BARRIE You could lose the ones you loved in the blink of an eye—and he was willing to bet, when it happen... J.R. WARD The difficulties connected with my criterion of demarcation (D) are important, but must not be exagg... KARL R. POPPER I drove by all the places we used to hang out getting wasted I thought about our last kiss, how... 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER Another version of the “Prosperity Gospel” or “Name It and Claim It” teaching has to do with... ERIC METAXAS It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of ... HELEN KELLER He made it very clear that he didn’t want me here,” she said at last. “That my remaining at th... CASSANDRA CLARE Dr. Manning said he'd thought at first it might be sleeping sickness, or even narcolepsy, whatever t... HENRY KUTTNER Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. 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MARY OLIVER i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful before i’ve called them intellig... RUPI KAUR People sometimes say the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way t... ANDY WARHOL I was certain I told you the king was coming.” She planted her hands on her hips. “Yo... JILL BARNETT He glanced over at me. 'Scared? Of Reggie? What, she thinks he might force her to give up caffeine f... SARAH DESSEN Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child l... MARGERY WILLIAMS BIANCO When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are ... MARK TWAIN They keep telling you, when you’re older, you’ll have experience—and that’s supposed to be s... CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD That's what you people never understand," said Rincewind, wearily. "You think magic is just somethin... TERRY PRATCHETT Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit... LOREN EISELEY I always knew it would end like this. It always does. There’s no point in fighting it, Aladdin. It... JESSICA KHOURY Tikkun olam.” Exactly. Basically, it says that the world has been broken into pieces. A... DAVID LEVITHAN Yes,' he said, 'a list. That way, I figure, we'll have a written record of what we've agreed upon as... SARAH DESSEN
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ALISON GOODMAN If you just casually look at a baby, it doesn't look like there's very much going on there, ... ALISON GOPNIK I just want to act. I just want to do the work. ALISON LOHMAN I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous. ALISON LOHMAN I don't know... I don't want people to know everything about me. ALISON LOHMAN I did musicals from about age 10 to 18. ALISON LOHMAN For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard ... ALISON LOHMAN But, you know, it really depends on the character. Age doesn't really matter. ALISON LOHMAN But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and per... ALISON LOHMAN The competition was Coke vs. Pepsi 10 years ago. Our business has evolved over the past 10 years, an... ALISON LEWIS So far it [the program] has been great. We have to see how it goes and then gauge its strength. If i... ALISON LEWIS The Academy Awards have become much bigger than a night on TV. It has become something we can build ... ALISON LEWIS You can never predict ratings. It's more about the association with these marquee entertainment even... ALISON LEWIS We didn't think it was ours at halftime. We came back when we played them, and we knew they could do... ALISON LACEY I think we didn't play our style of basketball in the second half. I don't know what happened, but y... ALISON LACEY I knew Amanda was out (in the first quarter), and I had to take control a bit and just be a good lea... ALISON LACEY We definitely don't think about it like we're the favorite; not at all. We know every game is going ... ALISON LACEY I think we were a little bit overwhelmed by the atmosphere, but we came back and I'm so proud of the... ALISON LACEY She's very efficient; we always know she's going to finish when she gets the ball down low. It's nic... ALISON LACEY We were working hard during the (holiday) break, and we came out and we were ready to play. We came ... ALISON LACEY If we win state, then we will be No. 1. ALISON LACEY We have depth. We know that anybody can come in and play and have good games. Tonight, I thought eve... ALISON LACEY Everybody was really welcoming and friendly. They made me feel welcome at all times. I didn't feel u... ALISON LACEY On a creative level, I think the songs are simpler in that they're more direct. To be commercially s... ALISON GOLDFRAPP Always have sunglasses with you. They're great for when you can't be bothered to put make-up on. ALISON GOLDFRAPP We shot it on blue screen, so it was this great big ugly, metal, weird, jerky horse-thing that Brad ... ALISON GOLDFRAPP I remember everyone made this big deal out of it, ALISON GOLDFRAPP But what's great about working with Will is that I was so bored of working with people who seemed to... ALISON GOLDFRAPP They seem to have these personalities that are very generic and so I can't really relate to them. I ... ALISON GOLDFRAPP People say that sort of thing and I just think, nah, ALISON GOLDFRAPP It's like they're a separate identity to the whole music and imagery, ALISON GOLDFRAPP I thought what everyone thinks when they first meet Will, ALISON GOLDFRAPP