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Our Story Quotes

Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow into better or worse people, but by the end of the story they are not the same personalities they were in the beginning. Their change, in its various stages, is called the story’s emotional arc Picture Quote #1

In science there is a dictum: don’t add an experiment to an experiment. Don’t make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story Picture Quote #1

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn’t make you who you are. It is the rest of your story – who you choose to be Picture Quote #1

You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice Picture Quote #1

Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don’t throw cabbages at me in the market Picture Quote #1

Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader’s instantly. And know how you’re going to end your story before you start writing. Without a sense of direction, you can get lost in the middle Picture Quote #1

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When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth Picture Quote #1

Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story Picture Quote #1

Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader’s desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That’s called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax Picture Quote #1

We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does envy have such a fierce bite? Why do we fall silent or get worried just as our story is about to spring out of our control and into its own life? Whose shadow falls across the page? Picture Quote #1

Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential Picture Quote #1

Clearly, I regret the email was quoted incorrectly and I regret that it’s become a distraction from the story, which still entirely stands. I should have been clearer about the attribution. We updated our story immediately Picture Quote #1

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There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it’s a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it’s no judgment on your story and/or talent Picture Quote #1

I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no end to our story until death comes and the body decays Picture Quote #1

Humans enter this world and awaken to a simple truth: We must find our story with this great epic of being Picture Quote #1

Pace doesn’t mean speed; it means the right speed. Diagnosis and cure are simple. If you’ve reached where you want to be in your story too quickly, ask yourself what you’ve left out. If you’ve come to a certain point too slowly, ask yourself what kept you so long Picture Quote #1

We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense of our lives and of the world. When we’re distressed and go to therapy, our therapist’s job is to help us tell our story. Life doesn’t come with plots; it’s messy and chaotic; life is one damn, inexplicable thing after another. And we can’t have that. We insist on meaning. And so we tell stories so that our lives make sense Picture Quote #1

Every story is a story about death. But perhaps, if we are lucky, our story about death is also a story about love Picture Quote #1

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The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest Picture Quote #1

Don’t ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter Picture Quote #1

Look directly into every mirror. Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story, and our story starts: We were here Picture Quote #1

Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies Picture Quote #1

Never oversimplify yourself by using a single word or category to describe who you are. Take the time to tell your story Picture Quote #1

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. Pay attention to everything in the world as if it’s alive. Realize everything has its own discrete existence outside your story. By doing this, you open to gifts and lessons that the world has to give you Picture Quote #1

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Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts of ourselves that have been scattered, hidden, suppressed, denied, distorted, forbidden, and we come to understand that stories heal Picture Quote #1

If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative Picture Quote #1

Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that’s getting ready to happen in your life Picture Quote #1

The camera is an extension of yourself... Your story treatment may be subjective, but it is important to remain objective as to truth Picture Quote #1

Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to write it, it probably means you need to write it Picture Quote #1

I can be an artist a posteriori, not a priori. If my pictures tell the story, our story, human story, then in a hundred years, then they can be considered an art reference, but now they are not made as art. I’m a journalist. My life’s on the road, my studio is the planet Picture Quote #1

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Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow into better or worse people, but by the end of the story they are not the same personalities they were in the beginning. Their change, in its various stages, is called the story’s emotional arc (Our Story Quotes) In science there is a dictum: don’t add an experiment to an experiment. Don’t make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story (Our Story Quotes) Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn’t make you who you are. It is the rest of your story – who you choose to be (Our Story Quotes) You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice (Our Story Quotes) Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don’t throw cabbages at me in the market (Our Story Quotes) Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader’s instantly. And know how you’re going to end your story before you start writing. Without a sense of direction, you can get lost in the middle (Our Story Quotes) When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth (Our Story Quotes) Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story (Our Story Quotes) Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader’s desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That’s called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax (Our Story Quotes) We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does envy have such a fierce bite? Why do we fall silent or get worried just as our story is about to spring out of our control and into its own life? Whose shadow falls across the page? (Our Story Quotes) Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential (Our Story Quotes) Clearly, I regret the email was quoted incorrectly and I regret that it’s become a distraction from the story, which still entirely stands. I should have been clearer about the attribution. We updated our story immediately (Our Story Quotes) There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it’s a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it’s no judgment on your story and/or talent (Our Story Quotes) I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no end to our story until death comes and the body decays (Our Story Quotes) Humans enter this world and awaken to a simple truth: We must find our story with this great epic of being (Our Story Quotes) Pace doesn’t mean speed; it means the right speed. Diagnosis and cure are simple. If you’ve reached where you want to be in your story too quickly, ask yourself what you’ve left out. If you’ve come to a certain point too slowly, ask yourself what kept you so long (Our Story Quotes) We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense of our lives and of the world. When we’re distressed and go to therapy, our therapist’s job is to help us tell our story. Life doesn’t come with plots; it’s messy and chaotic; life is one damn, inexplicable thing after another. And we can’t have that. We insist on meaning. And so we tell stories so that our lives make sense (Our Story Quotes) Every story is a story about death. But perhaps, if we are lucky, our story about death is also a story about love (Our Story Quotes) The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest (Our Story Quotes) Don’t ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter (Our Story Quotes) Look directly into every mirror. Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story, and our story starts: We were here (Our Story Quotes) Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies (Our Story Quotes) Never oversimplify yourself by using a single word or category to describe who you are. Take the time to tell your story (Our Story Quotes) Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. Pay attention to everything in the world as if it’s alive. Realize everything has its own discrete existence outside your story. By doing this, you open to gifts and lessons that the world has to give you (Our Story Quotes) Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts of ourselves that have been scattered, hidden, suppressed, denied, distorted, forbidden, and we come to understand that stories heal (Our Story Quotes) If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative (Our Story Quotes) Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that’s getting ready to happen in your life (Our Story Quotes) The camera is an extension of yourself... Your story treatment may be subjective, but it is important to remain objective as to truth (Our Story Quotes) Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to write it, it probably means you need to write it (Our Story Quotes) I can be an artist a posteriori, not a priori. If my pictures tell the story, our story, human story, then in a hundred years, then they can be considered an art reference, but now they are not made as art. I’m a journalist. My life’s on the road, my studio is the planet (Our Story Quotes)

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