Stories Quotes
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Who doesn't want to be loved? That's the whole point. So, when you can get that from someone across the globe, for just telling a story, that's a special thing.
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My boyfriend asked me to tell a story without my hands, and I couldn't talk.
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I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
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I liked to explore different arts. But when I started acting, I knew this was the medium I want to be in for the rest of my life. Stories onscreen affect me the most.
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Sometimes it's a little overwhelming to take on other people's stories, that's just the kind of person I am, maybe I'm empathetic to a fault, I internalize a lot, so it can be a bit hard sometimes, but I understand that that's what they need, and if I can do it, then I'll do it, but if I can't, then I'll try to take a knee.
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Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch.
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All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
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If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has.
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My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.
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You can write a short story in two hours. Two hours a day, you have a novel in a year
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Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.
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It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust into motion by the idea of what do you do when your 13 year old daughter comes home pregnant. And not only is she pregnant, but she wants to keep the baby.
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Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary. It's not about me. It's about being part of something.
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I remember a point in writing the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."
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I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don't feel like going back and dredging them up.
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I would love to keep playing roles where I get to inspire young women, and I get to uplift them and tell their stories and tell important stories that haven't been told.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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Finish your stories! Read a lot!
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Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?
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The history of the United States is the story of people of many backgrounds.
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A story is not the same thing when it ends as it was when it began.
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War all comes down to these little tiny stories about people's lives that will never be the same.
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We create stories to define our existence. If we do not create the stories, we probably go mad.
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Every newspaper in the country covers stories that other newspapers cover. Every industry is filled with people who are competing to do the best job providing a particular service.
