"Every story is flawed, every story is subject to change. Even after it is set down to print, between covers of a book, a story is not immune to alteration. People can go on telling it in their own way, remembering it the way they want. And in each telling the ending may change, or even the beginning. Inevitably, in some cases it will be worse, and in others it just might be better. A story, after all, does not only belong to the one who is telling it. It belongs, in equal measure, to the one who is listening."

-- Michelle Richmond

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Listening Quotes

“It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.”
“We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption.”
“Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but with other readers.”
“Well, I think Hollywood, to be quite honest, I think they've run out of material.”
“I think Depeche Mode music somehow appeals to the oddball, to the person who is looking for something a little bit different.”

Source : Interview with Chloë Sevigny, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 6, 2009.
“We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear of God, which lets us love and foster peace.”
“Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!”

Source : "Divus Augustus". Book by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus translated by Robert Graves, 1957.
“Phil took us to the finals three out of the five years and you want to fire him and want to bring in Mike Krzyzewski? Come on, man. That's like being married to J-Lo, then dropping J-Lo for a girl that's 5-10, 480 (pounds).”

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