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Stories Quotes by Maya Angelou
- There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
- Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've…
- Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to…
- I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was…
- Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself…
- We are all creative, but by the time we are three of four years old, someone has knocked the creativity out of us. Some people…
- I wouldn't trade anything for my story now.
- The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.
- When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's like to be…
- The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...
- A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he…
More Stories Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do… — Paul Auster
- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — J. J. Abrams
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
- For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices… — Lance Armstrong
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison,… — Julian Assange
- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe