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Quote by Umberto Eco
There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men wh

There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they arent trying to teach us. – Umberto Eco

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There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past. – Umberto Eco

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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 story—from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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To be Human is to be a storyteller. – Barbara K. Walker

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It is said that the first storyteller crept at night to listen to the gods talking in their sleep — so each tale collected contained the breath of gods. – Author unknown

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There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank. – Will Rogers

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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose ones own way. – Viktor E. Frankl

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Look, I dont want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if youre alive youve got to flap your arms and legs, youve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or youre not alive. – Mel Brooks

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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. – Confucius

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