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A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. And if it represent cutting free, cutting… — Ansen Dibell Copy Share Image
That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, even though… — Slick Rick Copy Share Image
Plays are wonderfully different than short stories, first because it's a story that's on a stage, but there's a different sort of… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If… — Tabitha Soren Copy Share Image
At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a… — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
“We walk until there aren't more houses, all the way to the part of the beach where the current makes the waves… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Copy Share Image
I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what… — William Moseley Copy Share Image
The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
This kingdom of God life is not a matter of waking up each morning with a list of chores or an agenda… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
It's all authentic. It's a great story. You have a dream 35 years ago - doesn't come to fruition, but you move… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
I've always known that the best part of writing occurs before you've picked up a pen. When a story exists only in… — Carolyn Parkhurst Copy Share Image
It is incredibly daunting to take on a live-action story. I think that it adds a level of complexity to the responsibility… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
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To get to this place of a warrior’s courage, we must give up the stories that have ruled our lives and shatter… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
The Iraqi Free Press, which did not exist 18 months ago because there was no such thing as the Iraqi Free Press,… — Chris Chocola Copy Share Image
I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
People like stories that are bigger than life, about characters with unusual powers. And when you get all the characters in the… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
You see a guy with one leg, he's got a story. "Land mine '69." You see a guy with one arm, he's… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Frankly, I'm mainly telling the story to myself. Thinking about audience is too daunting, and worst case, invites you to homogenize, to… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I really said, 'Okay, this is just the right job for me. This is really what I need to be doing: telling… — Christopher Lennertz Copy Share Image
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I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle… — Patrick Lussier Copy Share Image
Kerry Cohen's powerful, transfixing story will be familiar to many women, most of whom won't want to admit it. In this heartfelt… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I don't belong to any school or clique or ghetto. I don't have any preconceived ideas. I'm trying to serve a story… — Xavier Dolan Copy Share Image
Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that… — Joe Montana Copy Share Image
A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical:… — M. R. James Copy Share Image
Whenever I go to Germany I find that my readers have T-shirts with my book covers printed on them. They come to… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Bullingdon would never go co-ed. I'm not going to give anything away, but there are a couple of girls involved in our… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories… — Naima Adedapo Copy Share Image
I sat down and wrote a short story in two weeks and submitted it to Marion Zimmer Bradley. And Marion bought "Wound… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I am always considering the reader. Although this is admittedly kind of odd: Which reader? On what day? In what mood? For… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
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