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“I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.”

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Author:Donald Miller

“You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it's all about trust. They can do anything you want, it's just a matter of them understanding what you're looking for, and the reason why.”

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Author:Darren Aronofsky

“We read literature for a lot of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and our life stories and – equally important – to find ourselves by understanding our own life stories more clearly in the context of others.”

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Book:Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

Source: Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

“A positive attitude is important, but it is only part of the story. Understanding how to surmount pain, doubt, and failure is a vital component in winning the game of life.”

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Book:Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life

Source: Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life

“The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he understands.”

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Author:Bill Vaughan

“If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.”

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Author:Chinua Achebe

“From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not simply to hear the story but to understand how the author got the story on the page.”

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Author:Jacqueline Woodson

“I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten things you need to know. I'm not trying to spread world peace and understanding. I'm not an advocate or an activist or an educator or a journalist. I'm out there trying to tell stories the best I can.”

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Author:Anthony Bourdain

“Fiction is truth. I think fiction is the truest thing there ever was. My whole effort is to remove that distinction. The writer is the midwife of understanding. It's very important for me to tell politics like a story, to make it real.”

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Author:Arundhati Roy