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title: "8 Connect Story Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Connect Story quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Connect Story sayings and thoughts."
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> [Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn't allow you to achieve greatness and results. It's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-howes/having-a-story-is-what-people-connect-with-but-the-story-alone-doesn/)

[Lewis Howes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-howes/)

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> [“If the reader doesn't connect with your character, they are not going to connect with the story. I try to make my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-thowe/if-the-reader-doesn-t-connect-with-your-character-they-are-not-going/)

[Stacy Thowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-thowe/)

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> [I know a lot of people connect with my story. Every night that I do shows, I get emails and texts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-bunting/i-know-a-lot-of-people-connect-with-my-story-every-night-that-i-do/)

[Shane Bunting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-bunting/)

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> [The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-pope-osborne/the-historical-novel-gives-us-perspective-on-our-modern-lives-and/)

[Mary Pope Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-pope-osborne/)

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> [Sometimes I want to do something that's really funny and other times I read an indie script that is going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittany-snow/sometimes-i-want-to-do-something-that-s-really-funny-and-other-times/)

[Brittany Snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brittany-snow/)

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> [Some people connect with a story and may find between the lines something that might be useful to him or her, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/some-people-connect-with-a-story-and-may-find-between-the-lines/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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> [Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-helm/novels-seem-to-exist-because-of-this-need-to-know-and-connect-and-so/)

[Michael Helm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-helm/)

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> [I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tiffany/i-suppose-what-i-aspire-to-do-is-to-make-it-easy-for-the-audience-to/)

[John Tiffany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-tiffany/)

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