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“There's a story about how the program is organized, there's a story about the context in which the program is expected to operate. And one would hope that there will be something about the program, whether it's block comments at the start of each routine or an overview document that comes separately or just choices of variable names that will somehow convey those stories to you.”

Stories Choices Names Program Expected Block Organized Routine Comment Documents Variables Overview

Author:Guy Steele

“The soul is the observer who interprets and makes choices in a confluence of relationships. These relationships provide the background, setting, characters, and events that shape the stories of our lives.”

Soul Character Stories Choices Our Lives Events Shapes Backgrounds Setting Settings Observers Life Choices Confluence

Book:The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: The Essence of Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence

Source: The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: The Essence of Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence

“It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories ... to myself, to pen pals (I had a lot of them, all over the world). Of course this was in the days before computers were everywhere, and anyone could access the Web. You had to make an effort keeping up a correspondence, and the arrival of the mail once a day was a big deal. I think if modern technology had been around when I was a kid, I would never have left my bedroom except to take the dogs out for their run three times a day.”

“The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are to make choices, are what the story of risk is all about. And that story helps define what it means to be a human being.”

Humans Mean Helping Stories Action Choices Human Beings Fate Risk Depends Dare Italian

Book:Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

Source: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

“A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way, and more meaningful. It has to somehow speak to plot, character, and all the rest. If you're writing something fantastical, it can be a really deadly choice because your story already has elements that can seem dreamlike.”

Ifs Way Writing Different Character Stories Dream Reality Seems Choices Speak Elements Meaningful Description Plot

Author:Jeff VanderMeer

“For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.”

People Reason Stories Choices Exercise Lifestyle Associates Physical Fitness Health Fitness Lifestyle Choices

Author:Lance Armstrong

“A story is an invitation, and a challenge, and a choice.”

Stories Choices Challenges Invitations

Book:Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies

Source: Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies

“It doesn't matter to me whether I write in a man's voice or a woman's, or first or third person for that matter. Those choices come down to the story and I just go with it.”

Men Writing Firsts Persons Matter Stories Choices Voice Thirds Third Person

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“I believe in God. Nobody made me believe; I don't think you can or should try to force someone to believe something. And even though my parents taught me stuff about God and read Bible stories to me from as early as I can remember... it was my choice to become a believer in Him. The way I see it, putting our faith in God is something that each person has to come to on his or her own. It's your own personal relationship with Him; a bond that's as unique as a fingerprint.”

“if I love something I do it, and if I don't, I don't. I think that this is the most important choice that any of us can make in life, in art, in history: to do the thing you love. If you love it, it is important. If you love it then while you are doing it, you are a true expression of yourself and your time and your story. You are authentic. If you don't love it you betray not only yourself but also your history, your culture, your position in your society.”

Ifs Thinking Art Important Stories Choices Culture Passion Position Expression Betray Things You Love Important Choices

Author:Lina Wertmuller

“My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had choices and chances and opportunities that were provided to me, based on the way I was able to direct my own decision-making. And what I'm working to fight for is to make sure that all women have the ability to do that.”

Way Matter Facts Stories Able Choices Fighting Opportunity Chance My Own Ability Decision Direct Decision Making Life Story

Author:Barack Obama