Gautama Buddha Quotes, Buddhist Quotes, Stories Quotes

Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.

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Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.

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Tags : A. E. van Vogt Quotes , Night Quotes , Stories Quotes

There are no trifles in the human story, no trifling leaves on the tree.

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Tags : Victor Hugo Quotes , Tree Quotes , Stories Quotes

Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works.

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Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Writing Quotes , Stories Quotes

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

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Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story ... Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. The only point in the case which deserved mention was the curious analytical reasoning from effects to causes, by which I succeeded in unravelling it.'' —Sherlock Holmes on John Watson's "pamphlet", "A Study in Scarlet".

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Tags : Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes , Stories Quotes , Causes Quotes

Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it would only be because the story that was being told was something that concerned me, and that really called me or needed to be shown on the screen.

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Tags : Abderrahmane Sissako Quotes , Important Quotes , Stories Quotes

Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I’ll tell you a story.

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Tags : F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes , Writing Quotes , Stories Quotes

I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Long Quotes , Stories Quotes

When I see a shipwreck, I like to know what caused the disaster...I learned nothing but the glow that wrapped her face when the soup came. That's the story.

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Tags : O. Henry Quotes , Faces Quotes , Stories Quotes

Women are hard and proud and stubborn-hearted, Their heads being turned with praise and flattery; And that is why their lovers are afraid To tell them a plain story.

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Tags : William Butler Yeats Quotes , Women Quotes , Stories Quotes

I have a great story to tell and I tell it well. No holds barred.

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Tags : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Quotes , Stories Quotes

Imagine a new story for your life and start living it.

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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why.

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Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Stories Quotes , Too Much Quotes

A happy ending is always possible if you are willing to keep the story moving to get there.

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Tags : Alan Cohen Quotes , Moving Quotes , Stories Quotes

All love stories are the same.

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I'm pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know - everything.

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Tags : Adria Petty Quotes , Art Quotes , Stories Quotes

I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my own country if the story was something that called for it. Africa really has to be the reason for me to make a new film.

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Tags : Abderrahmane Sissako Quotes , Country Quotes , Stories Quotes

I love stories that put you on the edge of your seat and make you feel something.

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Tags : Aaron Paul Quotes , Stories Quotes , Love Story Quotes

We can never know truth, but some stories are better than others.

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