Quotes with story-telling

Quotes 301 till 320 of 402.

  • Abe Fortas The story of man is the history, first, of the acceptance and imposition of restraints necessary to permit communal life; and second, of the emancipation of the individual within that system of necessary restraints.
    Abe Fortas
    American lawyer and jurist (1910 - 1982)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Carlisle Floyd The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.
    Carlisle Floyd
    American opera composer
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  • Gloria Steinem The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Douglas Adams The story so far:
    In the beginning the Universe was created.
    This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • Kurt Vonnegut The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
    Interviewed J. Rentilly (sept. 2002)
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Bonnie Hunt The thing about Pixar, they don't do the 'trend is your friend.' They're really about timeless story telling, and that's pretty great.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Ben Whishaw The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.
    Ben Whishaw
    English actor (1980 - )
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  • Anne McCaffrey The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Helen Hayes The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
    Helen Hayes
    American actress (1900 - 1993)
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  • Ursula K. Le Guin The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    American writer of science fiction and fantasy books (1929 - 2018)
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  • Bob Woodward The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Junot Diaz The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.
    Junot Diaz
    Dominican-American writer (1968 - )
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  • Anish Kapoor The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
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  • John Mortimer The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: ''There is life, but it's not for you.''
    John Mortimer
    English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author (1923 - 2009)
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  • Bethany McLean The worst story I ever wrote was after the conviction of Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay. My co-author and I wrote a piece for 'Fortune' saying everything's going to be different now.
    Bethany McLean
    American journalist (1970 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Thomas Sowell There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.
    Thomas Sowell
    American economist, social theorist and political philosopher (1930 - )
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  • Mark Twain There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Bill Cosby There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four, and five.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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