Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never felt the lack.
Flannery O'ConnorStichwörter: character good-country-people manipulation qualities
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Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.
Madeleine L'EngleStichwörter: choice oppression freedom-of-choice manipulation control autonomy abuse-of-authority abuse-of-power puppet
In a culture that is becoming ever more story-stupid, in which a representative of the Coca-Cola company can, with a straight face, pronounce, as he donates a collection of archival Coca-Cola commercials to the Library of Congress, that 'Coca-Cola has become an integral part of people's lives by helping to tell these stories,' it is perhaps not surprising that people have trouble teaching and receiving a novel as complex and flawed as Huck Finn, but it is even more urgent that we learn to look passionately and technically at stories, if only to protect ourselves from the false and manipulative ones being circulated among us.
George SaundersStichwörter: advertising story manipulation
When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it.
Keith AblowStichwörter: manipulation
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.
Edward L. BernaysStichwörter: psychology manipulation group-think mind-control
Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly.
Charles FortStichwörter: deception people conspiracy secrecy manipulation hypnosis mind-control fortean
You are a manipulator.
I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.
Stichwörter: dark comedy manipulation brothers euphemism label
Ale: Are you manipulating me again?
T.C.: Try not to fall for it. I dare you.
Stichwörter: manipulation dare my-most-excellent-year
So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Stichwörter: thinking girls women manipulation machines kurt-vonnegut breakfast-of-champions
Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people who love you.
Orson Scott CardStichwörter: humanity fate manipulation
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