#tory

The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history. ↗

— Gilbert White

#general #history #i #i think #natural

World War II was the last government program that really worked. ↗

— George Will

#government #government program #ii #last #program

A good story never dies. ↗

— Roberta Williams

#good #good story #never #story

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#first #order #pulling #really #short

For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon. This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens, our youth. ↗

— Eric Anderson

#company #countries #first #first time #history

I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#cartoonist #could #decided #design #doing

If you create a good story that has a lot of story value... I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#create #good #good story #i #i think

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#begins #child #climax #compare #ending

Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#before #between #by the time #course #damage

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#danger #defending #few #freedom #generations