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title: "7 Similar Story Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Similar Story quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Similar Story sayings and thoughts."
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> [I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/i-am-hard-pressed-to-find-a-successful-writer-who-doesn-t-have-a/)

[Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/karin-slaughter-1463_am_i-am-hard-pressed-to-find-a-successful-w_655523.png)

> [There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudette-colvin/there-were-many-african-americans-many-many-stories-similar-to-my/)

[Claudette Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudette-colvin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/claudette-colvin-17532_african-american_there-were-many-african-americans-many-m_825400.jpg)

> [Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilly-ledbetter/some-of-you-may-know-my-story-how-for-nineteen-years-i-worked-as-a/)

[Lilly Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilly-ledbetter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/lilly-ledbetter-39097_alabama_some-of-you-may-know-my-story-how-for-ni_1058184.png)

> [Everywhere I go - from villages outside Kandy, Sri Lanka, to community centers in Amman, Jordan, to offices at the State Department…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/everywhere-i-go-from-villages-outside-kandy-sri-lanka-to-community/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/eboo-patel-20781_amman_everywhere-i-go-from-villages-outside-ka_1335190.jpg)

> [We're trying to set up a movie for me in the near future. It's going to be similar to the story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-bieber/we-re-trying-to-set-up-a-movie-for-me-in-the-near-future-it-s-going/)

[Justin Bieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-bieber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/justin-bieber-551_film_we-re-trying-to-set-up-a-movie-for-me-in_2417189.jpg)

> ['Korra' is its own series. Obviously it's tied in, in the same world, a similar story, but it's not just 'Book Four'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-konietzko/korra-is-its-own-series-obviously-it-s-tied-in-in-the-same-world-a/)

[Bryan Konietzko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-konietzko/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/bryan-konietzko-10393_book_korra-is-its-own-series-obviously-it-s-t_2628579.jpg)

> [But nearly every woman I know has a roughly similar story - in fact, dozens of them: stories about being obsessed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-moran/but-nearly-every-woman-i-know-has-a-roughly-similar-story-in-fact/)

[Caitlin Moran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-moran/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/caitlin-moran-865_colleagues_but-nearly-every-woman-i-know-has-a-roug_2807632.png)

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