Quotes About Stories

Každý kus nábytku, každá v?c, každý p?edm?t vypráví p?íhody, historii rodiny. Byt není nikdy hotový: vyvíjí se s námi a my v n?m.

That's all beliefs are; stories we tell ourselves to stop being afraid. Beliefs have very little to do with the truth.

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.

I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a writer.

As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

And that's one of the joys of the MCU universe... it has so many different paths and lanes and stories, and they don't shy away from neither the controversial nor the emotional.

I feel like handling a narrative in fiction is a wonderful way to teach stories that then open a pathway to reality and understanding.

Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I get inspiration from everywhere. I read the newspapers voraciously, so I know what's going on in real crime. I pay attention to the strange stories people tell me, and I also read a lot of scientific and forensic journals.

I think, as Canadians, that's just as important as our peacekeeping service: We go out and find these stories that other people are not willing to tell.

Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree.

You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.

You can totally work with brands. People love seeing that, but you have to build stories. You have to build credibility, and those brands have to really be the perfect fit for yourself.

I look for stories that are different because that is how I will grow as a performer.

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?

Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners' persecution.

Whereas stories are fit for every place, reach to all persons, serve for all times, teach the living, revive the dead, so far excelling all other books, as it is better to see learning in Noblemen's lives, than to read it in Philosophers' writings.

How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?

Everyday, our life shapes according to the thoughts and stories we manifest into our subconscious mind.

Our mind has this incredible talent of creating sob stories out of past. Instead of dwelling on those sob stories of past, we should train our mind to be joyful in this present moment. Life is happening right now in this present moment!

I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.

Reality never meets our wants, and adjusting both is why we tell stories.

You wanted people's stories, not them. You cared for the tale, not the teller.