Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Olduvai Gorge gives us one of the most remarkable stories of the past-the last chapter of the Earth's history, starting at the… — Louis Leakey Copy Share Image
I'm not so good at just throwing out facts and figures and education and all that. I tell stories to captivate, that… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
I have friends that I have made through Twitter or things like that, but they're all verified as real people - I've… — Katie Featherston Copy Share Image
I think everyone in the world to a large or small extent has felt rejection. And with rejection comes anger, and with… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The pain was quite extraordinary. And yet also weirdly welcome and restorative, bringing him news of his aliveness and his caughtness in… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to… — Adam Baldwin Copy Share Image
I keep a couple of notebooks too into which I record ideas for story titles or characters or situations, and these notes… — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
To me the early childhood story is an ecumenical one. You take poverty seriously. You take seriously maternal depression. You take seriously… — Robert Manne Copy Share Image
She was unaware that she was somewhat of a celebrity up in heaven. I had told people about her, what she did,… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
A dangerous thesis has taken hold among many in the GOP: that it might be better to lose the '06 election and… — Larry Sabato Copy Share Image
And I don't want you thinking that my girlfriend is a bad person. She is an amazing woman, the fact that I… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
If you look at the life of Jesus, that's an example of true worship. You know look at the stories, if you… — Brian Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't know if you've ever seen some of the Sidney Lumet movies, like Dog Day Afternoon [1975] or Network [1976]. They're… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
I really want to do film, but I want to do the right film. The truth for me is that I'm really… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Shades of Grey. I haven't read it yet, but what you have to read carefully, is “Story of O” by the French… — Theo Hutchcraft Copy Share Image
After I published my first book, my sister, known as Kali Willows, began writing. She fell as in love with it as… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are stories you build and there are stories you construct; then there are the stories that you hack out of rock… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The most hopeful thing in the stories, I hope, is wit. I make it up. If I make up a world in… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The story of Pakistan, its struggle and its achievement, is the very story of great human ideals, struggling to survive in the… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
If I love the character and if I love the story, and the character requires me to be shirtless, or if it… — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
I don't really see a huge divide between filmmaking and television. In the end, a lot of people are going to be… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
A house with any kind of age will have dozens of stories to tell. I suppose if a novelist could live long… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
I'd like to see 'Top Chef: Amateur'. Sometimes we have an amateur chef on the show and they just can't cut it… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
Creating a world in a sci-fi show is almost the whole battle. If you have a great story and you can create… — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
The Bible just said ‘Thou shalt not kill’, then told hundreds of stories of people killing each other and becoming heroes, like… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
If someone said, "Would you like to do the period drama?," I'd say, "Hell, yeah! I'd love to do that!" To dig… — Steve Pink Copy Share Image
I played soccer growing up, and then high school came along and the football coach came out one day and was like,… — Kyle Brindza Copy Share Image
It does sound like a science fiction story and I may sound like one of these guys who walks up and down… — Lembit Opik Copy Share Image
My [story] outlines are usually about 5-6 pages long. I'm essentially telling myself the story in short form. I try to make… — Chevy Stevens Copy Share Image
What do they do to students at the University who eavesdrop?” Bast asked curiously. “I haven’t the slightest idea. I was never… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I came out of school one day, and there was this pulp magazine. It was a rainy day, and it was floating… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
Debauchery conceived of as a kind of ascetic experience is not new, either for men or for women, but until Story of… — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
Not every movie, in my opinion, should be in 3D. There are a lot of stories I wouldn't shoot in 3D. But,… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises… — Laozi Copy Share Image
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