"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."

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Source : Michelle Richmond (2009). “No One You Know”, p.306, Random House

Michelle Richmond

#Listening Quotes #Stories Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against the public interest.”
“The fisher droppeth his net in the stream, And a hundred streams are the same as one; And the maiden dreameth her love-lit dream; And what is it all, when all is done? The net of the fisher the burden breaks, And always the dreaming the dreamer wakes.”

Source : Mary Clemmer, Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary (1873). “A Memorial of Alice and Phoebe Cary: With Some of Their Later Poems”, p.122
“So Disney has their full support behind it, which is great, but again it's got to be the right story. It's got to be a script that's up to snuff and worth going back for. The idea's there, the ambition's there, the excitement's there; but we need to have all the pieces in place before they would ever pull the trigger on that.”
“I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.”
“We're still just the world's premium brand of ape.”
“The supporting characters typically carry less story/plot weight - so you can be more broad and pushed with them. Supporting characters also take up less of the film's screen time. A short is a great opportunity for supporting characters to shine.”
“Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“In case you haven't caught the commercials, I'm in the new SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.”

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