"Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?"

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Source : "Ordinary Heroes". Book by Scott Turow, 2005.

Scott Turow

#Believe Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I think it's the next thing, getting out of the comfort-zone readership, that at some point you have to try and break out of that and see if you can go in new directions. I wanted to do something that felt a lot bigger than a book that's going to sit on a toilet.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I'm trying to make the perfect dance, that's what drives me.”
“I bought one of those anti-bullying wristbands when they first came out. I say 'bought', I actually stole it off a short, fat ginger kid.”
“I don't want idiots in my audience. So if me coming forward with what my beliefs are is what you need to hear to not be a fan anymore, that's great. That means next time I show up in whatever said city, your dumb ***** won't be there.”
“When I'm on the road making a movie in another city, on my day off, I always go to the movies. I love going to the movies. You get a ticket and sit there, and it's very interesting to be around people who aren't personally invested in you, in any way. They're just going to the movies”
“You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.”
“I know few Christians so convinced of the splendor of the rooms in their Father's house, as to be happier when their friends are called to those mansions... Nor has the Church's ardent "desire to depart, and be with Christ," ever cured it of the singular habit of putting on mourning for every person summoned to such departure.”
“Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2011). “Last Man in Tower”, p.419, Atlantic Books Ltd

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