Elizabeth Kolbert Quotes
I traveled really to amazing places. I went to the Great Barrier Reef, I went to the Amazon, I went to the Andes, to try to bring people stories of sort of what's going on out in the world and bring this issue alive, in a way, and put it out there.Elizabeth Kolbert
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I joined NOW on an issue of pay.
Karen DeCrow -
So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.
Gayle Forman -
I chase after inspiring stories.
Vera Farmiga -
I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'
T. J. Thyne -
I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book open. You can see how long they lingered on each page by the finger stains.
Jack Bowman -
I love coming of age stories that have struggle.
Aaron Paul
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I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life.
Karan Johar -
I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.
Jim Davis -
It's dead - for the time being. This issue goes in cycles.
Alan Young -
I'd like to be taken in charge of as an actor, not to be abandoned with asinine dialogue and meaningless actions or stereotyped characters. I'd like to feel like I'm in a character driven story.
Xavier Dolan -
Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and simultaneously curse Leven.
Robert Farrell Smith -
Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.
Umberto Eco
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I have a boyfriend who knows how to settle me. He puts his hand on my chest and tells me boring stories. On one of our first nights together I woke up apologizing for my snoring and he pulled out two earplugs he had worn to bed so he could hear what I was saying.
Amy Poehler -
Many animal rescue organizations hit with a hard-core, heartbreaking message. Their videos and stories can become difficult for average people to watch. By taking a more positive, heartwarming approach to animal rescue, I've been able to engage people and keep them engaged for years. Instead of selling the agony and misery - and sadly, there is no shortage of that - I start with the happy endings. I work backwards so the first message they get is joy and success due to their involvement. Opening the mind with humor and joy gets the rescue message in that much deeper.
Elayne Boosler -
What we're trying to do is set the bar a little bit higher. This has been a very contentious, very emotional (issue).
Charles Edwards -
I've read until my eyes were bleeding. I don't know what more could be said. This is not a black-and-white issue.
Charles Edwards -
Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.
Donald Miller -
I have to go with what I do, and what I do has more to do with what people say to each other than telling a story through images. Of course, you're trying to do both. And there are some people who are brilliant at it, but I don't consider myself to be particularly good at it. My mind gets into a verbal mode.
Tom Stoppard
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I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
Usain Bolt -
There has to be a willingness to constantly accept critical feedback and rapidly iterate to make things better.
Sam Yagan -
Let's be honest: I just want a Super Bowl ring.
Kate Mara -
Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.
Aristotle -
I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision.
Upton Sinclair -
I traveled really to amazing places. I went to the Great Barrier Reef, I went to the Amazon, I went to the Andes, to try to bring people stories of sort of what's going on out in the world and bring this issue alive, in a way, and put it out there.
Elizabeth Kolbert