"Storytelling draws on the magic of language to created Elsewheres. Writers use a linguistic sleight-of-hand to take an attribute, attach them to new objects, and create enchantment."

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Source : Maria Tatar (2009). “Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood”, p.80, W. W. Norton & Company

Maria Tatar

#Hands Quotes #Magic Quotes #Enchantment Quotes

“I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.”
“As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.”
“I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.”
“I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get.”
“You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances: if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are tired; if anybody thinks that you might be tired; if you are nervous; if you are gay; before you go out; if you are out; if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea for some time; if you have just had a cup.”
“I like being old, even if the names I hear are more and more unfamiliar. Maybe, to paraphrase Goethe who said that, "Youth is wasted on the young," we should add that "Age can be wasted on the aged," unless one's capacity to wonder increases.”
“Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'”
“Just to hear President Obama speak - he's eloquent, he's so classy.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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