“The credit card business is a success story and that's where Citigroup has put most of its efforts so far. Now Citigroup wants to extend the cooperation and success to more areas.” WantStoriesEffortAreasCreditCardsCooperationCredit CardSuccess Stories Author:Zhang Xi
“Nothing funny about happy people. I don't know, you just look at a situation or a life, and you can kind of pick up the areas of conflict and delve in there, because that's where the most story is. If someone's happily married for 20 years, that's great, but it's not that funny.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsLooksKindStoriesSituationConflictMarriedPicksAreasHappy PeopleHappily Married Author:Kate Beaton
“Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. Its the only way that I can do anything, even if Im quite useless. Its the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.” IfsWayHumansLittlesI CanStoriesCan DoAreasUselessBeing HumanBothered Author:Alice Englert
“When I am in the process of conceiving a story, I make sure it can be told with words and pictures. The story has to be creative, original and interesting in both areas. Many stories get rejected because they feel derivative.” FeelsStoriesProcessInterestingCreativeAreasOriginalsRejectedBe CreativeDerivativesConceiving Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I don't write police stories, per se, but I usually write about areas that are very panoramic, like Harlem, or the Lower East Side, or a small urban city like Jersey City.” WritingStoriesSidesCitiesAreasPoliceEastUrbanJerseyHarlemEast SideJersey City Author:Richard Price
“It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to be part of the group, but this time he wants more from his friends. And without giving the story away, he finally gets something that he has been looking for when the mini sloths kidnap him and take him to their tribal area. He gets to be the Fire King and they worship him and there is an amazing scene with a "call and response" sequence in the style of Cab Callow [the legendary American jazz singer and band leader] between him and his audience.” WantGivingHas BeensStoriesWantedLastsLeaderAudienceFireGroupsStyleKingsSceneBandWorshipAreasJazzResponseSingersHanging OutSequenceBuddySlothLegendaryCab Author:John Leguizamo
“As an artist, I am interested in telling stories that haven't been told before, stories that are going to affect people, and also stories that shine light on areas of history that haven't had light shined on them before.” PeopleStoriesLightArtistHavensAreasShiningTelling Stories Author:Naomie Harris
“The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and conversion. But Jesus' stories imply that far more may be going on out there: beyond that stadium scene, in a place concealed from all camera lenses, a great party has erupted, a gigantic celebration in the unseen world.” WorldWayMayStoriesYoungJesusPartySceneAreasCamerasConversionRepentanceCelebrationYoung WomenUnseenLensesConcealedStadiumsCamera LensesGreat Party Book:Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud Source: Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
“I learned the game on the radio. Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons were the Giants broadcasters when I was growing up in the Bay area, and they taught me about the game. They taught me about the subtleties of the game, but they also gave me the game and let me enjoy it. That's the main thing, whether it's TV or radio. You have to give the fans the game, and if it's a Giants broadcast, the vast majority are Giants fans. In terms of story lines, most would be about the Giants.” IfsGivingStoriesWould BeGamesEnjoyTermLinesGrowing UpGrowingFansTaughtTvsAreasLet MeMajorityRadioGiantsSubtletyBroadcastersBay Area Author:Jon Miller
“I was being brought up on peasant stories; my mother came from Europe and she'd been a peasant and that was the area where the Frankensteins and the Draculas came from and it was entertainment for the people. Nobody had TV, and that was the way peasants would entertain themselves, by telling these stories.” PeopleWayStoriesMotherTvsEuropeAreasEntertainmentPeasants Author:Jack Kirby
“How many migrants, how many immigrants, how many migrants and refugees fleeing war-torn areas in the Middle East are permitted into the Vatican? I'm not kidding. I think I saw a story where they're going to take ... two. It's obviously symbolic. They will take two at the Vatican, thereby setting an example and showing how it's done.” ThinkingTwoWarDoneStoriesSawsMiddleExampleAreasEastSettingSettingsImmigrantsMiddle EastTornRefugeeSymbolicMigrantsFleeingSetting An Example Author:Rush Limbaugh
“One of the cool things, obviously there's 'Scandal,' 'House of Cards,' there was 'West Wing.' Other than that Jack Lemmon/James Garner movie about ex-presidents, no one's ever done anything in this area, whereas a lot of times, we do a story where someone goes, "Oh, yeah, they did someone sleeping with a Secret Service agent on 'House of Cards.'"” DoneStoriesHousePresidentSleepSecretAreasYeahWingsWestCardsAgentsExesScandalCool ThingsSecret ServiceHouse Of Cards Author:David Mandel
“I think people are really starting to rebel against that. And I think there's going to be more and more gray areas. Hopefully that means we'll see more stories with characters that could be interchangeable with men.” PeopleThinkingMenMeanCharacterStoriesAreasStartingHopefullyGrayRebelGray Area Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“There are stories of Maui everywhere in the South Pacific. They're different. Different areas have different interpretations. But and so we [with John Musker] fashioned, that was kind of the inspiration and we came up with a very simple basic storyline, focusing on Maui.” KindDifferentStoriesInspirationSimpleAreasSouthInterpretationPacificStorylineMauiDifferent Interpretations Author:Ron Clements
“My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up in the shadows of a North Carolina plantation. It's only been in my lifetime that blacks have had the right to vote, live in certain areas or hold certain jobs. It is with this black history that I write about the financial challenges African-Americans still have.” WritingChildrenStillsStoriesBigsJobsCertainBlackChallengesGrowing UpGrowingHeardShadowAreasVoteSlaveLifetimeFinancialAfrican AmericanGrandmotherGrandparentMy GrandmotherBlack HistoryMamaCarolinaRight To VoteNorth CarolinaPlantationsChildren Growing UpGrowing ChildrenBig Mama Author:Michelle Singletary
“I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.” IfsBelieveMeanStoriesHomeMotivationalSuccessLife IsI BelieveBusinessSuccessfulGreatnessBalanceAreasBeing SuccessfulBalancedKey To SuccessGreat SuccessLife BalanceDetermination And SuccessBalanced LifeBest SuccessSuccess StoriesHome LifeBusiness LifeWork And Life BalanceShambles Author:Zig Ziglar
“There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose "story" "plot" "continuity"... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer.” WritingMayMomentsStoriesCertainProcessOne ThingFrontsSucceedAreasDirectFunctionInstrumentsSensesPlotPsychicsContinuityEntertainers Book:Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader Source: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader
“Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that such a thing happened with the Mayans, though a number of wild cats are native to the area.) I don't think this is accurate. It is certainly not the whole story. Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.” ThinkingFirstsWholeStoriesNumbersHappenedDogEvidenceAreasCatFunctionAgentsNativeCompanionEfficientAccurateGrainEgyptPsychicsSnakesTamedWeaselsRodentsMayans Author:William S. Burroughs
“In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience - the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men - each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient - they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.” IfsMenLooksMaySoulStoriesInspirationPastFacesCoursesChallengesLossTeachCourageSacrificeOffersConscienceAreasFellowsFortuneEsteemContentmentIngredientsFellow ManHave CourageProfiles In Courage Author:John F. Kennedy