#story

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it. ↗

— Camilo Jose Cela

#history #kinds #make #man #ones

For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#evolution #first #first time #history #influenza

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#devised #distilled #good #good story #story

The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out. ↗

— Iris Chang

#books #changing #comfort #coming #experiments

The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts. ↗

— America Ferrera

#behind #big #definitely #facts #grandfather

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#against #blind #both #determined #historian

I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#action movie #best #combines #i #i think

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#i #i can #just #just be #overseeing

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#general #history #i #i think #learn

Critics? How do they happen? I know how it happened to me. I would send a poem or story to a magazine and they would say this doesn't suit our needs precisely but on the other hand you sound interesting. Would you be interested in doing a review? ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#doing #hand #happen #happened #how