#story

The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation. ↗

— Maurice Hinchey

#country #development #history #importance #nation

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. ↗

— Gertrude Himmelfarb

#fueled #history #matter #movement #out

This is my story, this is my song, praising my Saviour all the day long. ↗

— Jerome Hines

#long #praising #saviour #song #story

We ask our brain to stop worrying, stop obsessing, stop dreaming the same scary dreams again and again. But our brain rarely takes requests. ↗

— Dan Poblocki

#murder #mystery-suspense #dreams

Gerisik angan dan deru lembut laju harapan. Waktu itu adalah menit-menit akhir menjelang malam di Bukit Angin. Daun-daun berwarna-warni dalam berbagai wujud melayang ke langit dan berkumpul mengelilingi puncak pusaran angin. Di sana, di balik awan, beradalah studio Sang Pelukis. ↗

— Fredrik Nael

#fantasy-fiction #hope #indonesian #short-story #dreams

In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions. ↗

— Rhys Ifans

#professions #singing #skills #storytelling #wales

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#forces #historical #history #merely #nor

They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh! ↗

— Louise Jameson

#certainly #expect #fooled #garden #good

Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#history #philosophy #tested #way #which

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet. ↗

— Derrick Jensen

#causing #civilization #death #extinction #greatest