- Familiar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Story Quotes
Every story is worth telling well.
One line here is about recognizing a story too rarely told, another about a lasting preference for tales of the underdog and survival. For similar reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes.
- Meetings
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we raised the first Foundry Group fund in 2007, we took over 100 first meetings. We told our story several hundred times. As part of it was a slide called 'Strategy.' I still repeat the elements of that slide regularly, a decade later, as our core strategy has not changed.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about Pixar, they don't do the 'trend is your friend.' They're really about timeless story telling, and that's pretty great.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you tell a story that's only allegory, then it doesn't help you at all. If it doesn't bring some emotional charge, then it's just talking about something.
- Priorities
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- Nov 07, 2020
The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every love story or Hindi film has the same story, but what makes it different is the treatment it's given. Much depends on how it is stylised, how the characters are moulded, and how the story is treated.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the early Seventies, I started writing a little autobiographical novel about my childhood - I made it into a mystery story.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
'In Country' was also made into a film, which opened the story up to a broader audience.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.
- China
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- Nov 07, 2020
If China were to explode, I'd want to be there in a flash. If there's a big story, I want to be there.
- Side
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020