"I've done a lot of tough stories over the years. I've done a lot of profiles over the years that have not always been, shall we say, helpful for the person who is being written about."

-- Mark Leibovich

#Years Quotes #Stories Quotes #Done Quotes

“But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?”
“If you have not yet seen ‘Sue Thomas; F.B.Eye’... you are in for an unbelievable treat.”
“There would be a trial and there would be a judge. The only problem was, there could only be one sentence.”
“We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.”
“The belief that life on earth arose spontaneously from nonliving matter, is simply a matter of faith in strict reductionism and is based entirely on ideology.”
“When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.”
“Your life should be a story you are excited to tell.”

Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.251, Simon and Schuster
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