#stories

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#far #i #know #life #lot

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#details #his #seaman #sheep #shepherd

Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#assistant #besides #clean #clean up #doing

In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#fiction #future #i #magazine #might

The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#head #reading #stories #ten

There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world. ↗

— Karl Popper

#elevated #histories #history #human #human life

I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#exist #female #i #lean #make

I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness. ↗

— Franka Potente

#before #book #coming #essays #fitness

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' ↗

— Colin Powell

#being #black #come #i #longer

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #myself #need #stories #tell