#story

A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all. ↗

— Allen Tate

#any #conditions #history #instance #less

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim." ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#across #afternoon #headline #i #morning

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#being #jackass #like #nothing #president

The Russians feared Ike. They didn't fear me. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#fear #feared #ike #me #russians

The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#had #i #real #real story #sex

According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system of material effects that can never be influenced by something from outside - like God, for example. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#closed #closed system #cosmic #effects #example

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists would have to acknowledge the existence of something important which is outside the boundaries of natural science. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#allowing #boundaries #cease #existence #god

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#after #american #army #classes #dance

I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#actually #away #creating #enriched #feeling

My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#benefit #characters #draw #function #functioning