#story

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee. ↗

— Tacitus

#assured #best #done #evil #friends

The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#born #developed #field #geniuses #grasses

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#crimes #follies #indeed #little #mankind

I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#before #genre #grew #head #i

I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time. ↗

— Noah Hathaway

#had #i #incredible #making #say

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending. ↗

— John Hawkes

#any #ending #i #i think #make

When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps. ↗

— John Hawkes

#good #helps #just #out #real

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#fail #history #influence #whatever #will

History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#everything #fashion #history #key #politics

In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#ago #backwards #becoming #completely #fell