When the press writes scare stories about the global labor supply draining jobs from rich to poor places, the story is usually… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face… — Li-Young Lee Copy Share Image
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Don't try and mimic men - how they operate, how they do business, how they direct, write or are creative. They are… — Pietra Brettkelly Copy Share Image
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I thought both she [Gypsy Rose Lee] and her story would be ill-served by a conventional, birth-to-death narrative, and so I structured… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases.… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
I want to suggest to you that the day of the artists has come. That there are things about symbols and the… — Graham Cray Copy Share Image
Corn is the hero of its own story, and though we humans played a crucial supporting role in its rise to world… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you have no power. You're physically small and weak, and adults are constantly telling you what to do.… — Paul Waldman Copy Share Image
Most problems, decisions, and performances are multidimensional, but somehow the results have to be reduced to a few key indicators which are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
I believe in God. Nobody made me believe; I don't think you can or should try to force someone to believe something.… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think if you read the story as bad guy turns good guy, then clearly it is a cliché. But my experience,… — Gavin Hood Copy Share Image
I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That's more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales.… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
The term 'popular culture' always used to mean what the people do - pop songs, folk songs, music in general used to… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
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I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
Now, to tell my story--if not as it ought to be told, at least as I can tell it,--I must go back… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
I don't go through a torturous intellectual process to decide what to direct. I know what I want to direct the second… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Stories move in circle. They don’t move in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are stories inside… — Deena Metzger Copy Share Image
Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit no labor in its cause?… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
When I was writing the script, I knew didn't want to make a sports movie. I was very clear that I wanted… — Carlos Cuaron Copy Share Image
What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I can hope that this long sad story, this progression of priests and ministers and rabbis and ulamas and imams and bonzes… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
A cowboy, a lawyer, and a mechanic watched Queen of the Damned,” I murmured. Warren—who had once, a long time ago, been… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
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And whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you’ve made me… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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I can actually get involved in getting stories off the ground that no one would ask me to be in because I'm… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
There are highly innovative companies in the U.S., Germany, and India. And there are many stories of companies that failed to innovate… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
Treasure nothing, be willing to throw out anything. The story you just wrote that you are proud of should not be coddled… — J. Robert Lennon Copy Share Image
Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that… Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh,… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Look at the very people who are involved in this. They have popped up in other settings. The great story here for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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![“The film [Sightseers] is really the story of the journey of a relationship, so the killings are almost a metaphor for the trials they go through. We wanted people to identify with the experience of going on holiday and having a quarrel with your wife, boyfriend, whatever. We knew if we didn't…” quote by Alice Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/222/alice-lowe-16006_cinema_the-film-sightseers-is-really-the-story_1770293.jpg)
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