As you may know from my life story, my cousin who was my soul mate went to a public school. And he… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over.… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
I feel that our stories are cross culturally irrelevant, and I'm a member if a larger community of people who have no… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I'm terrified to ride a bike in a city - and I grew up riding bikes in the city. I've just heard… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists of this entire period. MY MICHAEL is a beautiful work of great depth and… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
If you could drink dreams like the Irish streams Then the world would be high as the mountain of morn In the… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
If I could have found what I needed at thirteen, I would not have lost so much of my life chasing vindication… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things,… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
Characters simply come and find me. They sit down, I offer them a coffee. They tell me their story and then they… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
It's all still about having a good story. You have to have a good story as your anchor, as your main focus.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
I can't single out one of my books or characters as a favorite. In the same way that I don't have a… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Stories hold power because they convey the illusion that life has purpose and direction. Where God is absent from the lives of… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity-a unity of purpose and endeavour-the single torch passing from hand to hand… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
The story of 'Lasers' is my story. I didn't have to look too far to get subject matter for this record; it… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
My story, or my life or my legacy can hopefully show [fans] that once you’re down, that doesn’t mean you’re down forever.… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
People still make me nervous, but gradually over the years I've developed kind of like a public personality, so I can talk.… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
A story might sell if there's a headline like 'Marilyn Manson admits to being Satanic', all the little hypocrites will go and… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that… — Marco Polo Copy Share Image
One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I was using Twitter a lot on my phone, and was realising there was a massive gap between the link on the… — Nick D'Aloisio Copy Share Image
You're after something - not a story, but a certain, exquisitely intense encounter with beauty - and the only way to find… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
Hypertext is an idea. The Internet is a medium. They grow up beside each other, they influence each other, and their evolving… — Mark Bernstein Copy Share Image
Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and… — Peter Block Copy Share Image
I really liked it. It was awesome - my first tabloid story. If you're going to have a tabloid story written about… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
Ghost stories really scare me. I have such a big imagination that after I watch a horror movie like 'The Grudge', I… — Vanessa Hudgens Copy Share Image
What I always tell my clients is to put yourself in your potential customer's shoes - what would you want to hear… — Carol White Copy Share Image
I wrote the book 'Grace, Gold & Glory' because I had to overcome many challenges and hardships. I wanted to share my… — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
The Irish, as a race, have the oral tradition in their blood. A direct question to them is an anathema, but in… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
We were such fans of Sleepy Hollow, in all of its iterations - growing up with the Disney show, and then Tim… — Alex Kurtzman Copy Share Image
The Ploughmen is part inspired fever-dream, part adventure story, a lyric parable of not just goodand evil but of the vast and… — Rick Bass Copy Share Image
It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally.… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I was watching him crawl, Back over the wall-! Then bang! Crash! And the lightning flash! And- well, that's another story, Never… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had the dice been hotter,… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
We took a fair bit of liberty with the story, but the basic premise of the film ["Selling Isobel" ] - a… — Rudolf Buitendach Copy Share Image
Dean [Devlin, Emmerich's partner on "Independence Day"] and I always said that we'd only do it when we had a really good… — Roland Emmerich Copy Share Image
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