We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.
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Act IIGeorg Buchner
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It may be that we are puppets puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation. The fact that obedience is often a necessity in human society does not diminish our responsibility as citizens. Rather, it confers on us a special obligation to place in positions of authority those most likely to use it humanely. And people are inventive. The variety of political forms we have seen in history are only several of many possible political arrangements. Perhaps the next step is to invent and to explore political forms that will give conscience a better chance to resist errant authority.
Stanley Milgram
Were all puppets, Laurie. Im just a puppet who can see the strings.
Alan Moore
When I watch a puppet show, I'm not watching the puppets -- I'm trying to see who's pulling the strings.
Billy Corgan
Even though she is enduringly fond of her creations, Ms. Taymor never operates any of the puppets herself. "I can't do everything," she said. Becoming renowned for puppets is not easy finding a new galaxy or making the draw at Wimbledon is easier. People sometimes sum her up simply as a puppeteer, which aggravates her to no end. She prefers to be thought of as a writer and director who happens to use puppets.
American culture, she believes, does not pay due homage to the idea of the puppet. She believes it might be better to allude to her puppets as "kinetic sculpture."Julie Taymor
I once played the chief part in a rather exciting business without ever once budging from London. And the joke of it was that the man who went out to look for adventure only saw a bit of the game, and I who sat in my chambers saw it all and pulled the strings. 'They also serve who only stand and wait,' you know.
John Buchan
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