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129 Own Story quotes by 115 unique authors

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has… — Jane Austen
I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but… — Tori Amos
One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own story; to explain… — Hugh Mackay
Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the… — Barack Obama
No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the… — Jim Butcher
Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our own story. But… — Aliko Dangote
The thing I'm writing now, I have various characters, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, this couple dies. And they have a daughter.… — Sandra Dallas
Anyone involved with songwriting will testify to the fact that each song, no matter how pure or from the heart, has its own story, its… — Unknown Author
By telling my own story, I hope to help remove the stigma. It never should be something to hide. — Richard Dreyfuss
People like to come up to me and tell me that I’ve got nice ink. Except these tattoos aren’t just decorations. They are declarations. Every… — CM Punk
Become the director, producer, choreographer of your own story — Deepak Chopra
When you leave here today and commence the next stage of your life, you can follow someone else's script, try to make choices that will… — Kerry Washington
Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in somebody else's I… — Laurie Penny
The date is not important. The age is not important. Time is not important. Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic.… — Oscar Niemeyer
Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look. — Maeve Binchy
If you change the way you tell your own story, you can change the colour and create a life in technicolour. — Isabel Allende
I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it - and watch them. The idea is to… — Michel Gondry
The story, I like to say and remember, is always smarter than you—there will be patterns of theme, image, and idea that are much savvier… — Lucy Corin
Don’t you think every face tells its own story? Like a book? More like a poem. If you study it long enough, you’ll soon find… — Gail Tsukiyama
We have to face the unpleasant as well as the affirmative side of the human story, including our own story as a nation, our own… — Bill Moyers
When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses… — Raymond Queneau
More than any of us, she had written her own story; yet she could not wash it out with all her tears, return to her… — Unknown Author
Bear in Mind...that all Histories from the Rock at Plymouth, and Jamestown to the present time, have been made by white men, and a man… — Sam Houston
This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not… — Michel Hazanavicius
Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard — Edmund White

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