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title: "10 Story Everybody Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-dillahunt/if-it-s-a-good-story-then-everybody-is-trying-to-tell-it-everybody-is/)

[Garret Dillahunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-dillahunt/)

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> [Everybody has their own story; everybody has their own journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thalia/everybody-has-their-own-story-everybody-has-their-own-journey/)

[Thalia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thalia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/thalia-3671_journey_everybody-has-their-own-story-everybody_1215804.jpg)

> [...same old story that everybody knows, one heart holding on and the other letting go...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-chable/same-old-story-that-everybody-knows-one-heart-holding-on-and-the/)

[Ana Chable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-chable/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/ana-chable-1704_letting-go_same-old-story-that-everybody-knows-one_1750422.jpg)

> ['Peter Pan' is tried and true - it's a story that everybody knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-louderman/peter-pan-is-tried-and-true-it-s-a-story-that-everybody-knows/)

[Taylor Louderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-louderman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/taylor-louderman-12758_everybody_peter-pan-is-tried-and-true-it-s-a-story_63919.jpg)

> [There's no success story. Everybody's got a ghetto story. You always want to make it bigger than what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-mac/there-s-no-success-story-everybody-s-got-a-ghetto-story-you-always/)

[Bernie Mac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-mac/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/bernie-mac-3867_always_there-s-no-success-story-everybody-s-got_1976236.jpg)

> [I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you nothing, man. It's what you owe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-mac/i-don-t-have-no-story-everybody-wants-this-hollywood-story-but-the/)

[Bernie Mac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-mac/)

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> [Nothing requires so little mental effort as to narrate or follow a story. Hence everybody tells stories and the readers of stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lancaster-spalding/nothing-requires-so-little-mental-effort-as-to-narrate-or-follow-a/)

[John Lancaster Spalding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lancaster-spalding/)

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> [If you find a story that everybody likes and everybody relates to in some way, then you know you have a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-ganz/if-you-find-a-story-that-everybody-likes-and-everybody-relates-to-in/)

[Megan Ganz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-ganz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/megan-ganz-16956_find_if-you-find-a-story-that-everybody-likes_3145007.jpg)

> [“It was the kind of story everybody likes, about a tough girl who becomes a truer version of herself by uncovering her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-kraus/it-was-the-kind-of-story-everybody-likes-about-a-tough-girl-who/)

[Chris Kraus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-kraus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/chris-kraus-11419_expectations-of-wome_it-was-the-kind-of-story-everybody-likes_2764545.jpg)

> [Most people who read the autobiography perceive the narrative as a story that now millions of people know, and it was -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/most-people-who-read-the-autobiography-perceive-the-narrative-as-a/)

[Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/manning-marable-9023_autobiography_most-people-who-read-the-autobiography-p_2709571.jpg)

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