Stories Quotes
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I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts, and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can't be judged only by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgements make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes only response to pain.
Bill Clinton
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I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.
Sarah Kay
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But the thing is that I’m in love with Rafael’s story. I think I understand when Adam says that all our stories are different but in some ways our stories are all the same. I never really got that. But when I start to read Rafael’s journal, it’s as if I can see myself. It’s better than a mirror.
Benjamin Alire Saenz
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Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.
Blake Mycoskie
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I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years.
Eve Bunting
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If I were to write the story of my life, I would shock the world.
Caterina Sforza
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You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!
Steve Martin
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I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.
Vincente Minnelli
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All my jewelry has stories.
Eva Green
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I learned a lot about Ottoman court, and it was very Shakespearian in essence. Stories like the one in Hamlet did happen several times in the 500 years of Ottoman history.
Haris Pasovic
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The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game.
John C. McGinley
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Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up.
Casey Stoner
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Memories were moving pictures in which meaning was constantly in flux. They were stories people told themselves.
Melissa de la Cruz
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In all my stories and novels, no one ever escapes Louisiana. Maybe that is because my soul never left Louisiana, although my body did go to California.
Ernest Gaines
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Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.
Etgar Keret
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her stories make you believe in the power of love
Catherine Anderson
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If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
Stephen Sondheim
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I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories.
Tommy Hilfiger
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I'm a goof. I talk too much. I tell stories. I tell cheesy Dad jokes. I'm theatrical and I'll mix things up and I'll surprise people. Those are the things that I just do because that's who I am.
William Beckett
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest
William Friedkin
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I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on.
Etgar Keret
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Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.
Michael Morpurgo
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Overnight success stories take a long time.
Steve Jobs
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I love story songs because I've always loved books.
Dolly Parton