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Old Stories Quotes

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche Picture Quote #1

Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end Picture Quote #1

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time Picture Quote #1

He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn’t give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes Picture Quote #1

My material is as new as anything on the dinner table. What difference does it make if I’m 70 or if I’m 20? The audience knows they aren’t getting any old stories from me Picture Quote #1

The tatters of old stories are tangled, weathered, muted by long held silences that succeeded loud feuds, and sometimes no doubt re-dyed a more flattering color Picture Quote #1

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Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort Picture Quote #1

Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she'd told before, but we never minded, if it was a good story. Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time Picture Quote #1

Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That’s all it is. And yet we get treated as though we’re important Picture Quote #1

It’s probably why I’m a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time Picture Quote #1

And it’s a human need to be told stories. The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible Picture Quote #1

Aren’t hidden doors the most alluring? The old stories point that out surely. Even the greatest heroes and heroines fall under the spell of a locked door Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes when she told stories about the past her eyes would get teary from all the memories she had, but they weren’t tears. She wasn’t crying. They were just the memories, leaking out Picture Quote #1

The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked, the right way and the way that was not so right Picture Quote #1

The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I make my own books to find my way through the old stories Picture Quote #1

You are born with a character; it is given, a gift, as the old stories say, from the guardians upon your birth... Each person enters the world called Picture Quote #1

What does it matter, if we tell the same old stories?... Stories tell us who we are. What we’re capable of. When we go out looking for stories we are, I think, in many ways going in search of ourselves, trying to find understanding of our lives, and the people around us. Stories, and language tell us what’s important Picture Quote #1

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo Picture Quote #1

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That’s why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls by reconnecting to our ancestors. As we voyage we are creating new stories within the tradition of the old stories, we are literally creating a new culture out of the old Picture Quote #1

Art consists precisely in making us admire old stories, charming us with them eternally, as Nature charms with her eternal sun, her ancient earth, and her men built all on the same pattern, and all animated by the same feelings Picture Quote #1

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind Picture Quote #1

And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories Picture Quote #1

We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways, because they are our stories Picture Quote #1

Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead Picture Quote #1

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She braided my sister’s hair with hands that smelled deep roots buried in the earth she told me the old stories how time never mattered when she died they gave me her clock Picture Quote #1

Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself Picture Quote #1

His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path Picture Quote #1

Oh her deathbed, when her hands could no longer weave or paint or mold clay, she'd told stories and filled them with the colors she loved Picture Quote #1

You may have tangible wealth untold, caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you could never be; I know someone who told stories to me Picture Quote #1

Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves Picture Quote #1

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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche (Old Stories Quotes) Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end (Old Stories Quotes) Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time (Old Stories Quotes) He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn’t give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes (Old Stories Quotes) My material is as new as anything on the dinner table. What difference does it make if I’m 70 or if I’m 20? The audience knows they aren’t getting any old stories from me (Old Stories Quotes) The tatters of old stories are tangled, weathered, muted by long held silences that succeeded loud feuds, and sometimes no doubt re-dyed a more flattering color (Old Stories Quotes) Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort (Old Stories Quotes) Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she'd told before, but we never minded, if it was a good story. Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time (Old Stories Quotes) Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That’s all it is. And yet we get treated as though we’re important (Old Stories Quotes) It’s probably why I’m a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time (Old Stories Quotes) And it’s a human need to be told stories. The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible (Old Stories Quotes) Aren’t hidden doors the most alluring? The old stories point that out surely. Even the greatest heroes and heroines fall under the spell of a locked door (Old Stories Quotes) Sometimes when she told stories about the past her eyes would get teary from all the memories she had, but they weren’t tears. She wasn’t crying. They were just the memories, leaking out (Old Stories Quotes) The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked, the right way and the way that was not so right (Old Stories Quotes) The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I make my own books to find my way through the old stories (Old Stories Quotes) You are born with a character; it is given, a gift, as the old stories say, from the guardians upon your birth... Each person enters the world called (Old Stories Quotes) What does it matter, if we tell the same old stories?... Stories tell us who we are. What we’re capable of. When we go out looking for stories we are, I think, in many ways going in search of ourselves, trying to find understanding of our lives, and the people around us. Stories, and language tell us what’s important (Old Stories Quotes) It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo (Old Stories Quotes) That’s why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls by reconnecting to our ancestors. As we voyage we are creating new stories within the tradition of the old stories, we are literally creating a new culture out of the old (Old Stories Quotes) Art consists precisely in making us admire old stories, charming us with them eternally, as Nature charms with her eternal sun, her ancient earth, and her men built all on the same pattern, and all animated by the same feelings (Old Stories Quotes) If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind (Old Stories Quotes) And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories (Old Stories Quotes) We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways, because they are our stories (Old Stories Quotes) Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead (Old Stories Quotes) She braided my sister’s hair with hands that smelled deep roots buried in the earth she told me the old stories how time never mattered when she died they gave me her clock (Old Stories Quotes) Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself (Old Stories Quotes) His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path (Old Stories Quotes) Oh her deathbed, when her hands could no longer weave or paint or mold clay, she'd told stories and filled them with the colors she loved (Old Stories Quotes) You may have tangible wealth untold, caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you could never be; I know someone who told stories to me (Old Stories Quotes) Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves (Old Stories Quotes)

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