Quotes About Connection

In my early campaigns, people would sometimes come up to me at a grocery store or at a shopping mall and say, 'I know you from somewhere.'

On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily life, including the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and ceremonies that prompt citizens to care for each other.

Experience is going to be even more important than it used to be - people will want to live something when they are in our stores, otherwise they'll just buy on their phones.

My company is an extension of me, so when I designed my stores I wanted people to feel that they were in my home.

The more profit we make, the more stores we can open, the more donations we can make to our community, the more responsible citizens we can be for the environment. It's all interactive. It's all connected together. There's no separation.

I love a hotel that offers Wi-Fi Internet access, especially if it's free. But I never access sensitive information, like my bank account or an online shopping site that stores my credit card information, on a public Wi-Fi connection.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

For me, stories are like Lego blocks. If I don't put one down, I can't put the next one down.

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

When I hear other people's stories, I like to believe that they contribute to my 'Encyclopedia of Human Experience.' The stories I hear help me expand my definition of what love is, what pain feels like, what sacrifice means, what laughter can do.

I love stories with love in them. I just prefer those films. Every so often, I come across a film where there's no love story. It doesn't have to be romantic, but there's a lack of love, and I don't get that.

We all belong to an ancient identity. Stories are the rivers that take us there.

Love stories should be relatable.

Big stories need human stakes.

I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.

Stories are emotional journey where we can project ourselves emotionally in another space.

We Filipinos bond over food, music, dance, and shares stories. And to Filipinos, no matter who you are and where you come from, you always have an invitation to celebration.

Everybody has those stories that make them wince when they think about them silently. But as soon as you tell that story, it becomes a little bit less cringe-inducing.

Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.

As human beings, it's good to build stories.

I've heard stories of people meeting the loves of their lives online, and that's great. But it freaks me out.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

I've always been involved with charities and things like that, but when I started communicating with the fans and hearing their stories about the lives they lead, it really made an impact on me.

People love stories; they use stories to make sense of the world.