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Narratives Quotes

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color Picture Quote #1

While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in wait, and that the more intelligent an historian is, the more tentative and self-scrutinizing the tone Picture Quote #1

My role in the government was not to think about narratives and consistency with narratives, but think of the human consequences of rules Picture Quote #1

When serious people of good faith disagree, they’ve got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of the problems in the church is that people are not willing to do that. People have arrived at a place where they think they have got the answer Picture Quote #1

God’ - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to Picture Quote #1

Ghost stories are always listened to and well received in private, but pitilessly disavowed in public. For my own part, ignorant as I am of the way in which the human spirit enters the world and the way in which he goes out of it, I dare not deny the truth of many such narratives Picture Quote #1

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The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can’t focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it’s an adventure film Picture Quote #1

New platforms are emerging: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Xbox. And film actors are gravitating towards television, because there are basically better roles there. Television is making the kind of epics and genres that the movie studios used to make, and often doing it better with more complex narratives and corresponding budgets Picture Quote #1

Why bother with fictional characters and plots when the world was full of more marvelous stories that were true, with characters so fresh, so powerful, so new, that they stepped from into the narratives under their own power? Picture Quote #1

While I love to read contemporary fiction, I’m not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it’s because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it’s just that I find the present too confounding Picture Quote #1

I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes and all of that Picture Quote #1

You have all these people in the press who are ringing their hands over fake news stories. That actually became the narratives for critics Picture Quote #1

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War is an arena for the display of courage and virtue. Or war is politics by other means. War is a quasi-mystical experience where you get in touch with the real. There are millions of narratives we impose to try to make sense of war Picture Quote #1

Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition of narrative include the important element of giving meaning to events and experiences over time by connecting them as a developing, continuing story Picture Quote #1

Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they’re not just about redistributing the goods. They’re about figuring out what is good Picture Quote #1

...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011) Picture Quote #1

Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies Picture Quote #1

To me, it’s just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives Picture Quote #1

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Culture and technology exist in a dynamic reciprocal relationship. Culture comprehends technology through the means of narratives or myths, and those narratives influence the future shape and purposes of technology. The culture-technology circuit is at the heart of cultural evolution Picture Quote #1

Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism Picture Quote #1

It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life Picture Quote #1

People don’t think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride Picture Quote #1

Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously we weave the narratives of myth and folk tale into our daily existence Picture Quote #1

I love creating individual short stories within chapters, but I want to get better at building consistent narratives from start to finish Picture Quote #1

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While I love to read contemporary fiction, I’m not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it’s because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it’s just that I find the present too confounding Picture Quote #1

In documentaries, there’s a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out Picture Quote #1

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots Picture Quote #1

All narratives, even the confusing, are implicitly hopeful; they speak of a world that can be ordered, and thus understood Picture Quote #1

My paintings are loosely based on meta narratives. The pictures float in and out of pictorial genres. Still life’s become personified, portraits become events, and landscapes become constructions. I embrace the area between which the subject is composed and decomposing, formed and formless, inanimate and alive Picture Quote #1

As long as women are isolated one from the other, not allowed to offer other women the most personal accounts of their lives, they will not be part of any narratives of their own…women will be staving off destiny and not inviting or inventing or controlling it Picture Quote #1

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I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color (Narratives Quotes) While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in wait, and that the more intelligent an historian is, the more tentative and self-scrutinizing the tone. (Narratives Quotes) My role in the government was not to think about narratives and consistency with narratives, but think of the human consequences of rules. (Narratives Quotes) When serious people of good faith disagree, they’ve got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of the problems in the church is that people are not willing to do that. People have arrived at a place where they think they have got the answer. (Narratives Quotes) God’ - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to. (Narratives Quotes) Ghost stories are always listened to and well received in private, but pitilessly disavowed in public. For my own part, ignorant as I am of the way in which the human spirit enters the world and the way in which he goes out of it, I dare not deny the truth of many such narratives. (Narratives Quotes) The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can’t focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it’s an adventure film. (Narratives Quotes) New platforms are emerging: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Xbox. And film actors are gravitating towards television, because there are basically better roles there. Television is making the kind of epics and genres that the movie studios used to make, and often doing it better with more complex narratives and corresponding budgets. (Narratives Quotes) Why bother with fictional characters and plots when the world was full of more marvelous stories that were true, with characters so fresh, so powerful, so new, that they stepped from into the narratives under their own power? (Narratives Quotes) While I love to read contemporary fiction, I’m not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it’s because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it’s just that I find the present too confounding. (Narratives Quotes) I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes and all of that. (Narratives Quotes) You have all these people in the press who are ringing their hands over fake news stories. That actually became the narratives for critics. (Narratives Quotes) War is an arena for the display of courage and virtue. Or war is politics by other means. War is a quasi-mystical experience where you get in touch with the real. There are millions of narratives we impose to try to make sense of war. (Narratives Quotes) Narratives are the primary way in which we make sense of our lives, as opposed to, for example schema,cognition, beliefs, constructs. Definition of narrative include the important element of giving meaning to events and experiences over time by connecting them as a developing, continuing story. (Narratives Quotes) Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they’re not just about redistributing the goods. They’re about figuring out what is good. (Narratives Quotes) ...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011). (Narratives Quotes) Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies. (Narratives Quotes) To me, it’s just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives (Narratives Quotes) Culture and technology exist in a dynamic reciprocal relationship. Culture comprehends technology through the means of narratives or myths, and those narratives influence the future shape and purposes of technology. The culture-technology circuit is at the heart of cultural evolution. (Narratives Quotes) Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism. (Narratives Quotes) It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life (Narratives Quotes) People don’t think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride (Narratives Quotes) Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously we weave the narratives of myth and folk tale into our daily existence (Narratives Quotes) I love creating individual short stories within chapters, but I want to get better at building consistent narratives from start to finish (Narratives Quotes) While I love to read contemporary fiction, I’m not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it’s because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it’s just that I find the present too confounding (Narratives Quotes) In documentaries, there’s a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out (Narratives Quotes) A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots (Narratives Quotes) All narratives, even the confusing, are implicitly hopeful; they speak of a world that can be ordered, and thus understood (Narratives Quotes) My paintings are loosely based on meta narratives. The pictures float in and out of pictorial genres. Still life’s become personified, portraits become events, and landscapes become constructions. I embrace the area between which the subject is composed and decomposing, formed and formless, inanimate and alive (Narratives Quotes) As long as women are isolated one from the other, not allowed to offer other women the most personal accounts of their lives, they will not be part of any narratives of their own…women will be staving off destiny and not inviting or inventing or controlling it (Narratives Quotes)

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