"The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'"

-- Pat Conroy

#Powerful Quotes #Stories Quotes #Most Powerful Quotes

“I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc.”
“It's tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don't really make you think.”
“The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "Indeed, an ignorant man who is generous is dearer to God than a worshipper who is miserly."”
“It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.”

Source : George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.236, 谷月社
“One of the things that I've learned working with Madonna is you just move forward. It's really rare that she ever brings up the past.”

Source : "Madonna's 'MDNA' is No. 1: Guy Oseary, Jimmy Iovine on the Art of the Album Roll-Out" by Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 4, 2012.
“My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.”
“Trouble is a thing that will come without our call, but true joy will not spring up without ourselves.”

Source : Simon Patrick (1858). “The works of Symon Patrick: including his autobiography”, p.633
“There's enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it'll show up for you. That's the truth.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Sep 22, 2012

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