Quotes about Story People

Memories were moving pictures in which meaning was constantly in flux. They were stories people told themselves. Votes: 4

Someone once told me that the most dynamic actors are people who have stories. People who have lived life. People with experiences. Votes: 4

I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important. Votes: 4

I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore, I find that stories people told each other thousands of years ago are still relevant now. Votes: 4

The power of the human spirit inspires me. Movies, books, stories, people, anything that reminds us that we are more than just this physical body and our capacity for love and courage can bend reality. Votes: 4

The people who knew me and knew my work and trusted me, they knew then as they do now that I've never fabricated or plagiarized a story. People who know me know I didn't do this. Votes: 4

Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art. Votes: 4

The secret to being successful is to find a way to bring yourself through, even in your stories. People are looking for the essence of your truth. When you can bring your own truth to it, that's when it works. Votes: 4

Whoever is writing in the United States is using the American Dream as an ironical pole of his story. People elsewhere tend to accept, to a far greater degree anyway, that the conditions of life are hostile to mans pretensions. Votes: 4

That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They weren't doing it for the money. Their titles weren't fancy. But they changed the course of history and so can you. Votes: 4

Like stories, people have individual lives, and are all caught up in this murky thing. All of them have the best intentions. In that sense, you could just as easily tell the same story from another character's perspective. Maybe that's a good idea for a TV series. Votes: 4

I know people could tell incredible stories. People have been in concentration camps, or women being raped, or a man going to war and not recovering from it. People have been robbed and beaten. A lot of people have had strong events in their life, which I didn't. Votes: 4

It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

If someone writes a great story, people praise the author, not the pen. People don't say, 'Oh what an incredible pen...where can I get a pen like this so I can write great stories?' Well, I am just a pen in the hands of the Lord. He is the author. All praise should go to him. Votes: 4

There are a lot of black men doing really well, taking care of their families, taking care of their wives, being successful, doing the right thing, promoting the right thing. There needs to be an evolution in our portrayal. We have to come together, pool our resources and tell our own stories. People won't respect us unless we make them. Votes: 4

Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other's memories. This is how people care for themselves. Votes: 4

What's funny is that people think, "Well there has to be something more than wrestling, because wrestling has such an absurd quality to it." But if you tell a love story, people don't ask what else is in there. They say, "Oh, it's just a love story." All stories have many levels, but these ones show their hand and say, "You might want to look a little deeper." Votes: 4

People love stories. They need stories. Votes: 1

Most people don't know how to tell stories. Votes: 1

I want to do stories that inspire people. Votes: 1

I just want people to hear me and my story. Votes: 1

I'm a conduit for telling people's stories. It's a privilege. Votes: 1

Time is what allows stories to spread into people's consciousness. Votes: 1

The best story is the story that gets to the most people. Votes: 1

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories. Votes: 1

While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story. Votes: 1

People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together. Votes: 1

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story. Votes: 1

I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story. Votes: 1

Farscape' is a story about family. It's a story about creating life in a harsh environment. That's what a lot of people relate to in the story. Votes: 1

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society. Votes: 1

When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you. Votes: 1

Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things. Votes: 1

And so, I was not a military test pilot, but as soon as NASA expressed an interest in flying scientists and people who were not military test pilots, that was an epiphany that just came like a stroke of lightning. Votes: 1

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there. Votes: 1

I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those things brought me to where I am. Without those things, I couldn't be who I am, I wouldn't be here. Votes: 1

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. Votes: 1

People are the story they tell themselves. Votes: 0

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Votes: 0

The shortest distance between two people is a story. Votes: 0

What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story. Votes: 0

Authenticy in marketing is telling a story people want to hear. Votes: 0

People who know various movie versions don't really know the story. Votes: 0

Atheism is a fairy story for people afraid of the Light Votes: 0

Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story. Votes: 0

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story. Votes: 0

I want people to hear my story, they're gonna feel my pain. Votes: 0

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep. Votes: 0

A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people. Votes: 0

I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years. Votes: 0

Often what people don't say or leave out, tells the real story. Votes: 0

Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story. Votes: 0

I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas. Votes: 0

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. Votes: 0

You can't tell a story linearly if you want people to understand. Votes: 0

People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story". Votes: 0

Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story. Votes: 0

There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place. Votes: 0

The truth came slowly like a story told by people interrupting each other. Votes: 0

I'm very connected to the story, the history, and the trauma people experience. Votes: 0

The history of the world is the story of people getting off track. Votes: 0

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change. Votes: 0

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. Votes: 0

We spent 10 years writing our first fiction story and truly hope people like it. Votes: 0

Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen. Votes: 0

The history of the United States is the story of people of many backgrounds. Votes: 0

Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in. Votes: 0

Danger lurks when people are dissociated and detached from their own story or feelings. Votes: 0

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something. Votes: 0

People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story. Votes: 0

In few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story. Votes: 0

Tell your story to inspired other people to rise up and live their dreams. Votes: 0

Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life. Votes: 0

My story is the story of forgotten people and the voice of the voiceless. Votes: 0

It's easy for people to say stuff when they don't know the full story. Votes: 0

People add color to their story because they think it happened in black and white. Votes: 0

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story. Votes: 0

That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late. Votes: 0

Focus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light. Votes: 0

As society evolves, people are interested in a new take on an old beloved story. Votes: 0

People are less focused on the story, and more on how the story is told. Votes: 0

I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds. Votes: 0

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people. Votes: 0

Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story. Votes: 0

Most people hear me do all these freestyles and never hear me tell a story. Votes: 0

It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters. Votes: 0

People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten. Votes: 0

People think drama drives story, but I think the comedy is really the heart and soul. Votes: 0

A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change. Votes: 0

As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable. Votes: 0

The right people to start video blogging are those with a passion to tell a story. Votes: 0

If we have people with the power to tell a story, there will always be readers. Votes: 0

If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? Votes: 0

People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do. Votes: 0

I'm trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me. Votes: 0

I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it. Votes: 0

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera. Votes: 0

All the great story lines are great practical jokes that people fall for over and over again. Votes: 0

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101. Votes: 0

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Votes: 0

It's not about people believing the story. It's about you knowing and holding it to be true. Votes: 0

I think not many young people are willing to pay the price of telling their own story. Votes: 0

People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life. Votes: 0

People finally have permission to be human in the context of their work. That's the real Internet story. Votes: 0

About First Landing by Robert Zubrin: Someday I'd like to read a story about competent people on Mars. Votes: 0

If you have something that people connect with, you want to keep telling that story and progressing forward. Votes: 0

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story. Votes: 0

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes. Votes: 0

The more people talk about eating disorders, the more people get the real story about what they're like. Votes: 0

Other people don't know what you've gone through. And everybody has a story that you probably don't know. Votes: 0

Each time there is a news story, sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals. Votes: 0

So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence. Votes: 0

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. Votes: 0

This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers. Votes: 0

I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist. Votes: 0

The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping. Votes: 0

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. Votes: 0

Too many times, people are hearing the story from the second floor. Nobody's heard the story from the basement. Votes: 0

Telling my story is to empower people to believe in their own power. We have so much power individually. Votes: 0

A blanket is a tell-all story about its endeavors with certain highly publicized people and their somewhat promiscuous acts. Votes: 0

Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls. Votes: 0

Dress for the story that you'd like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth. Votes: 0

That's the most important thing for me in TV, telling the story to as many people as we can. Votes: 0

I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West. Votes: 0

It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book! Votes: 0

It is easier to tell a story of how people wound one another than of what binds them together. Votes: 0

I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life. Votes: 0

Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you... Votes: 0

I love stories. When I tell a story, I try to think of people sitting around a crackling campfire. Votes: 0

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. Votes: 0

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell. Votes: 0

Sometimes that happens when people don't really know how long they're going to have to stretch their story out for. Votes: 0

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. Votes: 0

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it. Votes: 0

You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad. Votes: 0

The more story-appeal there is in the picture or in the photograph, the more people would look at your ad Votes: 0

I'm not an activist at all. I'm a filmmaker, and I wanted the people involved to tell their own story. Votes: 0

No picture, no footage, no story. The people these days require some visual evidence in order to believe what they read. Votes: 0

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. Votes: 0

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different. Votes: 0

The evergreen story of people in debt becomes even sexier in an economic downturn, when debts inevitably get harder to pay. Votes: 0

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society. Votes: 0

I assemble stories-me and a hundred million other people-at the sentence level. Not by coming up with a sweeping story line. Votes: 0

I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story. Votes: 0

When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints. Votes: 0

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people. Votes: 0

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do. Votes: 0

She's lonely and wounded and very vulnerable and it really is a story about people at the heart of it all. Votes: 0

As an actor, that's the best thing you can do, really take people along on a story and tell them something. Votes: 0

People are moved by my story, but they're only moved by my story because of what I do on the court. Votes: 0

You are the director of your own life story. Don't cast idiots or people will walk out during your 2nd act. Votes: 0

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song. Votes: 0

Do you see? The story I have to tell is so small, of the people who stayed when everyone else fled. Votes: 0

I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled. Votes: 0

I'm trying to tell a story, to entertain. I try and do something that might just take people's minds off their troubles. Votes: 0

For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people. Votes: 0

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. Votes: 0

I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they realize it's a different story. Votes: 0

I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way. Votes: 0

If people can construct a simple and coherent story, they will feel confident regardless of how well grounded it is in reality. Votes: 0

There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs. Votes: 0

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people. Votes: 0

Sometimes God redeems your story by surrounding you with people who need to hear your past so it doesn't become their future. Votes: 0

When a song comes from a real story and from a real place I think it comes across to people. That's important. Votes: 0

You need those people to also have power and authority, and in a way that has been the story of my career. Votes: 0

These stories are ghosts, bringing people back from the dead. Just for a moment. For a visit. Every story is a ghost. Votes: 0

I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good when it is over. Votes: 0

The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays. Votes: 0

In journalism, especially, we tend to deal with large, complex systems by finding especially interesting people and story lines to focus on. Votes: 0

Every Christmas people are so nice to me, they think I am Little Tim from A Christmas Story. But I'm not. *smiles* Votes: 0

All professions, all work, all activity in the human world finds its essential meaning in the context of a people's cosmic story. Votes: 0

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling. Votes: 0

That's how it is: some people are content to wait till you ask, while others jump right in with the whole story. Votes: 0

I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories. Votes: 0

It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know. Votes: 0

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion. Votes: 0

I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed. Votes: 0

My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God. Votes: 0

Find advocates! Having advocates and people who will tell your story for you will only help you get noticed faster by more people. Votes: 0

When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together. Votes: 0

Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin' I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn Votes: 0

As more people use social media to tell the story of the future, the wants and needs of more people will be reflected. Votes: 0

Songs hold different memories for different people and the great ones are the ones that become a part of you and your story. Votes: 0

I think of my father born in this very small, limited situation and then coming out of that. Many people have this story. Votes: 0

Life is a big story. Music is just one way to tell it, to realize how many tales all kinds of people share. Votes: 0

I always say that in any roomful of people, I could hive a novel out of any one person's family or life story. Votes: 0

One has to look at my life story to see what I've done. I've paid a heavy price that many people don't realize. Votes: 0

People like a story that has a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But I don't think the Slint story really has that. Votes: 0

Some people are going to leave, but that's not the end of your story. That's the end of their part in your story. Votes: 0

If you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story and to start with 'secondly'. Votes: 0

I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters... yet people are trying to pull me down. Votes: 0

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them. Votes: 0

If anything, it was a very egotistical thing because I wanted to move people. I wanted to tell a story and move people. Votes: 0

You just have to go with a good story and a script that you like and people that you like to work with. Votes: 0

America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray. Votes: 0

I wish people were willing to dig a little deeper than the surface elements of a premise before tossing one story in with another. Votes: 0

The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins. Votes: 0

people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell Votes: 0

When you go out for drinks, tell people to bring in a news story that made them say "Oh my god." Talk about it. Votes: 0

What I tell people is be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don't have to live anybody else's story. Votes: 0

Hopefully, other successes aren't like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense. Votes: 0

A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded. Votes: 0

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. Votes: 0

For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that. Votes: 0

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. Votes: 0

Don't allow people to define you based on reading the abstract of your story without even reading chapter 1. Continue to write the remaining chapters. Votes: 0

People express is clearly the archetypical deregulation success story and the most spectacular of my babies. It is the case that makes me the proudest. Votes: 0

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. Votes: 0

Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen. Votes: 0

I can understand, he said, that many people, many perfectly ordinary people, have an interesting story to tell. No one's experience of life is valueless. Votes: 0

I think people are tired of being slammed with foul language and sexual content that really has nothing to do with (telling a good story)... Votes: 0

You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they understood Votes: 0

For me, what grabs my attention about the project is usually the character immediately and then the story, and then the people that are involved. Votes: 0

Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive it. Votes: 0

Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and live. Votes: 0

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia. Votes: 0

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience, Votes: 0

Twitter provides a great amount of timely information, but we still need those people to fill out the rest of the story and the context. Votes: 0

The story line of the Bible is the story line of God taking the initiative in seeking out a people who are His very own. Votes: 0

There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others. Votes: 0

I had a naïve idea that if I could tell the story, people would be outraged and do something about conditions in the jails. Votes: 0

We don't know how much we are capable of loving until the people we love are being taken away, until a beautiful story is ending. Votes: 0

Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world. Votes: 0

I think the most interesting thing about any story is how people change. That's usually a struggle, because change is pretty much an uncomfortable thing. Votes: 0

I was raised by and have raised people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is not really trying. Votes: 0

the ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories. Votes: 0

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. Votes: 0

Success is really when you create a space, a piece of art, and people come in and say, that's my story - when they claim it. Votes: 0

I think there are a lot of books about thin, attractive people having thin, attractive people's problems. I'm better set up to tell a different story. Votes: 0

Biblical movies need not sermonize, just be honest to the foundational story. As powerful as the message is for people of faith, it's really great storytelling. Votes: 0

I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling the people around us. Votes: 0

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century. Votes: 0

Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the public the full story. Votes: 0

The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know. Votes: 0

Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day. Votes: 0

Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it's my job to find it. Votes: 0

Serious people make a decision to read your fully story before they write you off. Don't worry about those who don't have time to know you. Votes: 0

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts. Votes: 0

When we hear a story of the abuse of a child or the abuse of women almost all people are appalled by instances of that kind. Votes: 0

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie. Votes: 0

The biggest problem is that people want to tell the whole story, and they write letters that are way longer than anything I could possibly run. Votes: 0

We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story. Votes: 0

People love stories and the more you can give information and knowledge and even wisdom through a story, the more likely you are to be heard. Votes: 0

Writing a story is like ruling the world. Except it's even better. How many rulers out there that you know can tell people what they say? Votes: 0

It's nice to dig deeper into people who may look one way but always have a story to tell. I obviously write about that a lot. Votes: 0

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear. Votes: 0

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others. Votes: 0

This is what life is about: seeing new places, meeting new people, grabbing life by the balls and squeezing until it coughs up a story worth telling. Votes: 0

But I live an interesting life and I can tell a pretty good story and it has helped my career. But the downside is people know everything. Votes: 0

When you're a story teller, you work out everything. You work out who these people are, what's going to be happening. The environment in which they live. Votes: 0

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms. Votes: 0

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow. Votes: 0

Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe. Votes: 0

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself. Votes: 0

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience. Votes: 0

I guess that is my favorite thing - to make people laugh and also to maybe engage them emotionally and touch them somehow in telling the story. Votes: 0

People lie because they don't remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can't help making a story better than it was the way it happened. Votes: 0

Ideologically, I have a lot of problems with that, especially when people toss around that form of story as realism. What's called "realism" is actually highly formulaic. Votes: 0

But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it. Votes: 0

The biggest story in all of politics are the millions of people that are coming out to vote for me, in all fairness, for the Republican Party. Votes: 0

I can't impress enough upon people that if you tell an honest story that people relate to and people believe and invest in, you can do anything. Votes: 0

I started doing some interviews with elderly people in the family because I knew they would pass away and we would lose the power of their story. Votes: 0

You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from. Votes: 0

Photography has become a small world with so many jealous people. You do a story and then a lot of people try to do the same thing. Votes: 0

People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride. Votes: 0

A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important. Votes: 0

Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling. Votes: 0

Whenever people are excited about 'My Girl', I always think if I met the kids from 'The Neverending Story.' I would probably be the same way. Votes: 0

People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted the world to make sense. Votes: 0

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any. Votes: 0

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning. Votes: 0

I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story. Votes: 0

People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story. Votes: 0

I learned that myth doesn't mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they hold sacred. Interesting. Votes: 0

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story. Votes: 0

I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel there's hope. Votes: 0

People have a very proprietary relationship with Superman. It's important to respect the iconography and the canon, but at the same time, you have to tell a story. Votes: 0

Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains. Votes: 0

Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending. Votes: 0

If you don't tell your stories, other people will tell their story about you. It's important that we nurture and protect these memories. Things change. Existence means change. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work. Votes: 0

A story - with a message about praising what have rather than criticizing what haven't: There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators!!! Votes: 0

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography. Votes: 0

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography." Votes: 0

Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes, people could surprise you. Votes: 0

Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired. Votes: 0

I would really hope this would make people see the short story as an important art, not just something you played around with until you got a novel. Votes: 0

I want New Story education to be skilling human beings and young people to provide basic human needs. Technology and all other things are icing on the cake. Votes: 0

I don't really mess with Instagram much, but I get why people love it. Because to me, it's better to tell a story through a picture than 140 characters. Votes: 0

I wanted to say what wasn't being said. I wanted to give people a real story. I wanted people to know people like me exist in the world. Votes: 0

You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson. Votes: 0

Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one. Votes: 0

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list. Votes: 0

Old people always tell you: 'When you've been around as long I have, then you can argue.' As soon as they're ripped off, it's a different story. Votes: 0

In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person's vision forward - that's an interesting story for me. Votes: 0

It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did. Votes: 0

At some point in the journey of being in it for yourself, you realize you need other people. Any good frontier story, in some respect, is about that. Votes: 0

The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind. Votes: 0

I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people. Votes: 0

So the story goes, so I'm told The people he knew were Less than golden hearted Gamblers and robbers Drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers Like you and me Votes: 0

I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story. Votes: 0

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct. Votes: 0

America's story is largely an immigrant story. That hasn't changed since the Pilgrims ate their first turkey some four hundred years ago, and they were the original boat people. Votes: 0

It goes without saying that all of the people, living, dead, and otherwise, in this story are fictional or used in a fictional context. Only the gods are real. Votes: 0

I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a tougher time surviving, and telling their story. Votes: 0

If two people believe in the same story, they might be thousands of miles apart and total strangers, but they still have a sense they can trust each other. Votes: 0

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.' Votes: 0

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth. Votes: 0

Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made. Votes: 0

They've never written a love story for me since I've been on the show and I think there's just more weight to it when two people love each other. Votes: 0

Anecdotes don't make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about. Votes: 0

What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal operations of ordinary people, sometimes using mythic models in order to tell the story. Votes: 0

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me. Votes: 0

I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. Votes: 0

People are not in good shape to where they have to question their own belief system because of a book or a story somebody wrote, or a SLAYER song. Votes: 0

I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people. Votes: 0

The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over. Votes: 0

Everybody here has a story. New Orleans was always a place where people talked too much even if they had nothing to say. Now everyone's got something to say. Votes: 0

The journalist's job is to get the story by breaking into their offices, by bribing, by seducing people, by lying, by anything else to break through the palace guard. Votes: 0

Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it, because people are funny. Clever people especially. Votes: 0

We are not pleasant people here, for the story of war is always the story of hate; it makes no difference with whom one fights. The hate destroys you. Votes: 0

No matter what happens, the world can be pretty ridiculous and people be pretty ridiculous, but how would you react? That's an easy filter to put any story through. Votes: 0

I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need to hear the story again? Votes: 0

People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia. Votes: 0

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being. Votes: 0