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Hope is a contraband passed from hand to hand and story to story. — John Berger
It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect. — Aaliyah
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it. — Rob Bell
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. — Walter Benjamin
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next… — John Berger
What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I… — Halle Berry
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of… — Annie Besant
Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter; how Isaac meekly… — Annie Besant
We're trying to set up a movie for me in the near future. It's going to be similar to the story of how I got… — Justin Bieber
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at… — Jim Bishop
This is how sad my life is: I got a scar from scratching my chicken pox too much. That's my big scar story. I really… — Lewis Black
I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police… — William Peter Blatty
I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose,… — Mary J. Blige
If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. — Mary J. Blige
I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good when it is over. — Emily Blunt
The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all… — Roberto Bolano
People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in… — Anthony Bourdain
I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to… — Ray Bradbury
As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling. — Jeff Bridges
And one of the things that I learned was you can't generalise at all about a woman in a veil. You can't think you know… — Geraldine Brooks
When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't suppose.… — Geraldine Brooks
The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he… — Mel Brooks
Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go… — Terry Brooks
I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell… — Bill Bryson
I'm not a natural story-teller. Put a keyboard in front of me and I'm fine, but stand me up in front of an audience and… — Bill Bryson

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