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Old Stories Quotes

I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians Picture Quote #1

From the beginning of time, we’ve told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling Picture Quote #1

You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren’t allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones Picture Quote #1

We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life Picture Quote #1

Fancy, when once brought into religion, knows not where to stop. It is like one of those fiends in old stories which any one could raise, but which, when raised, could never be kept within the magic circle Picture Quote #1

And all the stories had, somewhere, the witch. The wicked old witch. And Tiffany had thought: Where’s the evidence? Picture Quote #1

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I know these will become old stories someday and our pictures will become old photographs and we’ll all become somebody’s Mom or Dad, but right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening and I’m here Picture Quote #1

When your intention is great enough you will ALWAYS find the time and energy to accomplish your desires. You can state excuses to the contrary, but holding on to your old stories is just another way of wasting precious time Picture Quote #1

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren’t allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones Picture Quote #1

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers Picture Quote #1

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn’t have to translate Picture Quote #1

That I learned even as a three year-old that I see this world that is really a mess and I learned to say, this is not me. I am not the one that is messed up. It is out there Picture Quote #1

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I think I’m different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to say what drives a three year-old, but I think I had a sense that nature was my solace, and nature was a place in which there was beauty, in which there was order Picture Quote #1

I’m with the Grimms on this: stories for young and old. You can’t characterize them any better than that Picture Quote #1

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they’re incredibly good telly Picture Quote #1

A person’s never too old for stories. Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them. - Roland Deschain Picture Quote #1

I’m more a fan of old-school films with really interesting stories and good performances. That’s what I’d like to do Picture Quote #1

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The old detective story that’s got a really complicated motive doesn’t apply to mine Picture Quote #1

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her friends. . . told stories. . .with effortless art and technique. They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition Picture Quote #1

Cinema really lends itself well to big, archetypal stories, you know, classic old stories and you need kind of a weird, big terrain like the Japanese plains for Samurai movies or the West. You need that for these giants to walk around Picture Quote #1

There’s no longevity in me telling old stories on the radio Picture Quote #1

I’ve always thought my poems told stories Picture Quote #1

We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same Picture Quote #1

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My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that Picture Quote #1

Old stories often turn out to be true Picture Quote #1

When I was a little kid, I told stories Picture Quote #1

We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail Picture Quote #1

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories Picture Quote #1

I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders Picture Quote #1

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I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians (Old Stories Quotes) From the beginning of time, we’ve told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling (Old Stories Quotes) You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren’t allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones (Old Stories Quotes) We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life (Old Stories Quotes) Fancy, when once brought into religion, knows not where to stop. It is like one of those fiends in old stories which any one could raise, but which, when raised, could never be kept within the magic circle (Old Stories Quotes) And all the stories had, somewhere, the witch. The wicked old witch. And Tiffany had thought: Where’s the evidence? (Old Stories Quotes) I know these will become old stories someday and our pictures will become old photographs and we’ll all become somebody’s Mom or Dad, but right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening and I’m here (Old Stories Quotes) When your intention is great enough you will ALWAYS find the time and energy to accomplish your desires. You can state excuses to the contrary, but holding on to your old stories is just another way of wasting precious time (Old Stories Quotes) I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren’t allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones (Old Stories Quotes) I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers (Old Stories Quotes) I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn’t have to translate (Old Stories Quotes) That I learned even as a three year-old that I see this world that is really a mess and I learned to say, this is not me. I am not the one that is messed up. It is out there (Old Stories Quotes) I think I’m different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine (Old Stories Quotes) It’s hard to say what drives a three year-old, but I think I had a sense that nature was my solace, and nature was a place in which there was beauty, in which there was order. (Old Stories Quotes) I’m with the Grimms on this: stories for young and old. You can’t characterize them any better than that. (Old Stories Quotes) I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they’re incredibly good telly. (Old Stories Quotes) A person’s never too old for stories. Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them. - Roland Deschain (Old Stories Quotes) I’m more a fan of old-school films with really interesting stories and good performances. That’s what I’d like to do. (Old Stories Quotes) The old detective story that’s got a really complicated motive doesn’t apply to mine (Old Stories Quotes) My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her friends. . . told stories. . .with effortless art and technique. They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition. (Old Stories Quotes) Cinema really lends itself well to big, archetypal stories, you know, classic old stories and you need kind of a weird, big terrain like the Japanese plains for Samurai movies or the West. You need that for these giants to walk around (Old Stories Quotes) There’s no longevity in me telling old stories on the radio (Old Stories Quotes) I’ve always thought my poems told stories (Old Stories Quotes) We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same (Old Stories Quotes) My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that (Old Stories Quotes) Old stories often turn out to be true (Old Stories Quotes) When I was a little kid, I told stories (Old Stories Quotes) We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail (Old Stories Quotes) I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories (Old Stories Quotes) I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders (Old Stories Quotes)

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