Story Quotes
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Every story about Oprah Winfrey Network was that it was struggling.I literally had a come-to-Jesus meeting with myself to say, 'Lord, what would you have me do?' What I know for sure is that the only way to hold onto yourself is through a spiritual base - otherwise you lose it.
Oprah Winfrey -
Distances and days existed in themselves then; they all had a story. They were not barriers. If a person wanted to get to the moon, there is a way; it all depended on whether you knew the directions, on whether you knew the story of how others before you had gone. He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of "nonsense". But they had been wrong.
Leslie Marmon Silko
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And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
Robert Frost -
'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
Yelawolf -
Having certain limits - not too many, but certain limits on an ability to tell a story - makes us work harder, me and my writers. Sometimes I watch a giant movie with a $250 million budget and I think they feel kind of bloated, and that if they'd been leaner and meaner they might've had better storytelling.
Vince Gilligan -
As a director, you're looking for ways to tell the story with the whole image and not primarily dialogue.
Randa Haines -
It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
Ed Greenwood -
As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
Gail Carson Levine
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I look at the film as an opportunity to see some bountifully creative minds do something that I could not do - tell the story with images. I can't wait to see what they do.
Laura Hillenbrand -
I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It helps me figure out where my character needs to go.
Quvenzhane Wallis -
I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
G. Willow Wilson -
The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.
Yann Martel -
If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I know how things are going to end, and I know some important incidents along the way.
E. L. Konigsburg
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
Gail Carson Levine -
I don't take story input from fans.
Katey Sagal -
Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
Adam Carolla -
I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.
Vicente Fox -
Life is like sex, baby - the more you put in, the more you get out. End of story.
Andrew Dice Clay -
Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
A. E. van Vogt
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Everyone has a story.
Neil LaBute -
Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
Ira Glass -
In my story you're the villain. But in my heart, you're still the reigning King.
Coco J. Ginger -
I've never told you the story of Alice in Wonderland, have I?
Edgar Bergen