"Stories aren't about things. Stories are things. Stories aren't about actions. Stories are, unto themselves, actions."

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Source : "Don’t Write What You Know". www.theatlantic.com. August 2011.

Bret Anthony Johnston

#Stories Quotes #Action Quotes

“There is nothing truer than myth: history, in its attempt to realize myth, distorts it, stops halfway; when history claims to have succeeded, this is nothing but humbug and mystification. Everything we dream is realizable. Reality does not have to be: it is simply what it is.”
“The prayer of faith is a prayer willing to believe and prevail for God's answer in a situation that is utterly impossible. Regardless of the difficulty of the situation, you require no external confirmation but believe God in spite of appearance. Your eyes are on God, not on the situation.”

Source : Wesley L. Duewel (1990). “Mighty Prevailing Prayer”, p.101, Zondervan
“I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.”
“You can't divorce yourself from your own life experiences.”
“Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.”

Source : "Top 10 Commencement Speeches". content.time.com.
“If you know everything, it's the end, no?”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!”

Source : Louis Simpson (2003). “The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001”, p.196, BOA Editions, Ltd.
“But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.”

Source : Danny Wallace (2010). “Yes Man”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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