#story

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one. ↗

— Oliver North

#america #been #ever #haven #i

Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story. ↗

— Oliver North

#compromised #create #draw #excitement #exciting

Writers are storytellers. So are readers. ↗

— Oliver North

#storytellers #writers

I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#audience #disappear #energy #first #first thing

Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#any #fiction #heart #job #kind

Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. It's like you're touching the essence, the very substance of life. ↗

— Kim Novak

#essence #history #just #life #like

The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive. ↗

— Kim Novak

#always #civil #civil war #history #i

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have. ↗

— Gary Numan

#attitude #britain #considered #down-to-earth #fiercely

I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#christ #cross #daily #daily life #harm

My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#children #christ #countless #countless millions #families