Quote by Willa Cather
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeatin

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. – Willa Cather

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The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world. – Willa Cather

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Those who tell the stories rule the world. – Hopi proverb

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Storytelling

I will open my mouth in a parable
I will utter dark sayings of old.
Things that we have heard and known,
that our fathers told us.
We will not hide them from their children,
but tell it to the coming generations. – Bible

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

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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Cowardice… is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. – Ernest Hemingway

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Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction… Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language. – Evan Parker

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I am very slow to warm. Ive always been sort of a loner. I didnt play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups. – Rooney Mara

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