Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Overconfidence is a powerful source of illusions, primarily determined by the quality and coherence of the story that you can construct, not… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
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I don't know how it is with other writers, but most of the time when I finish [reading] a story or novel,… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
The rule I have when choosing films is the excitement factor, I need to feel excited about the story and whatever message… — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
I always have felt that elders are really important. I think it's because, in my little Southern black culture, elders really were… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
There is nothing more beautiful in the world, enough to lose one's head. A sunset with a long nose, a starry sky… — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
I am in an endless journey towards an infinite route, only to find a real world of humanity. This thirst is eternal.… — G.M.B. Akash Copy Share Image
There are stories in the Bible about people telling other people how to do things. When you hear this young man say… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Film is definitely a director's medium. They're responsible for the look and everything, and you're a part of that process as an… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are rife with transformation — from beast to handsome prince, from dirty scullery maid to well-dressed princess. It is perhaps… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
I believe in love — yes, I'm one of those girls. Most of my friends believe in love. I went out with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I heard these stories [about musicians from my mother] and somehow music, it was my understanding what my father had done. I… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
It's just not working. One nation trying to destroy another, one race trying to destroy another, one religion trying to destroy another… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell,… — Josh Lawson Copy Share Image
I've never cared about how successful or how big I was going to be. I just wanted to be part of a… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a more Romanesque film that told a story over a long period of time - this one spans… — Christophe Honore Copy Share Image
Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but… — Charles Bass Copy Share Image
This is a love story. I never knew there were so many kinds of love or that love could make people do… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
Seeing a woman's child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure… — Vaughn Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
The World is not enough used to this way of writing, to the moment. It knows not that in the minutiae lie… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
“The more I know about God, I am convinced He likes to read books and authors are His librarians. Every soul is… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting,… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies,… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and… — Jean Dujardin Copy Share Image
To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
My dad was a physician. As a kid, I remember driving around with him on weekends so he could do his rounds… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
Not often in the story of mankind does a man arrive on earth who is both steel and velvet, who is as… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
As I small child and hearing all the stories about him I, of course, looked up to him as some kind of… — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
The job's always the same. It involves helping to tell the story and creating an alloy between character and story that serves… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
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![“I heard these stories [about musicians from my mother] and somehow music, it was my understanding what my father had done. I didn't know it was misinformation. It sort of inwardly in my psyche laid the template for music being affiliated with my father and my family.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/84c/jon-gordon-1655_done_i-heard-these-stories-about-musicians-fr_2640766.jpg)
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