When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.
George R.R. MartinTags: manipulation chess-pieces knowing-your-opponent pawns
The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention. It was probable that there were some millions of proles for whom the Lottery was the principal if not the only reason for remaining alive. It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant. Where the Lottery was concerned, even people who could barely read and write seemed capable of intricate calculations and staggering feats of memory. There was a whole tribe of men who made their living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. Winston had nothing to do with the Lottery, which was managed by the Ministry of Plenty, but he was aware (indeed everyone in the party was aware) that the prizes were largely imaginary. Only small sums were actually paid out, the winners of the big prizes being nonexistent persons.
George OrwellTags: manipulation lottery false-hope abuse-of-the-poor
Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician's karmic calamity.
T.F. HodgeTags: blessings wicked manipulation control chaos confusion quotes karma good-intentions calamity sorcery wizardry
Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.
Criss JamiTags: deception lies media manipulation destruction influence true slander agenda speak dishonest bad-influence controlling compulsive-liar craftsman mislead
What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave.
Criss JamiTags: lies denial guilt manipulation feelings grave gossip slander deceit enemy apologies libel feelings-of-weakness massive defamation overwhelming misdeed
If you are an approval addict, your behaviour is as easy to control as that of any other junkie. All a manipulator need do is a simple two-step process: Give you what you crave, and then threaten to take it away. Every drug dealer in the world plays this game.
Harriet B. BraikerTags: addiction manipulation approval-of-others
The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)
George R.R. MartinTags: war manipulation a-clash-of-kings mad-skills omniscient
I might be manipulating you to create risk for myself.
Sharon StoneTags: sex risk addiction manipulation predator adrenaline basic-instinct catherine-tramell
We can be seduced...by powerful political groups that promise more wealth and lower taxes. Those with power can use clever, psychological tricks and play upon our weaknesses and brokenness in order to attract us to their way of thinking. We can be manipulated into illusion.
Jean VanierTags: truth power progressive illusion manipulation
She kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to deserve them or die.
Mark TwainTags: manipulation positive-motivation
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