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A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. - Raymond

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Cats
Author
Raymond Chandler
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They dont want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they cant use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Hollywood
Author
Raymond Chandler
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Other Quotes from
Storytelling
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The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and therefore never scrutinize or question. – Stephen Jay Gould

Category:
Storytelling

Australian Aborigines say that the big stories—the stories worth telling and retelling, the ones in which you may find the meaning of your life—are forever stalking the right teller, sniffing and tracking like predators hunting their prey in the bush. – Robert Moss

Category:
Storytelling

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou

Category:
Storytelling

Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle. – Robert Olen Butler

Category:
Storytelling

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No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers. – Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Satires

Category:
Alcohol

There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where seeds of truth and love might grow, And flowers of generous virtue flow; To plant, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, be our care. – Sir John Bowring

Category:
Heart

Realize that a Muslim will know that his wife was seen naked in this machine. You know what would be the reaction?… Terrible. I believe theres technology out there that can identify bomb-type materials without necessarily, overly invading our privacy. – Isaac Yeffet

Category:
Technology

Rock n roll music is what gets me off. – Joan Jett

Category:
Music