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In the story of Thetis and Achilles, it's clear this isn't really a safe environment. She's gone down to the River Styx - the dead are being ferried across in the background. There's something in this mythology that says that if you want invulnerability, if you want immortality, you pay a price. Eula Biss
You Gone Pay Down Background Says Immortality Something Price River Mythology Clear Environment Safe Dead She Styx Being Want Achilles Story Really Across
I wanted to make a black story about South Africa. Unfortunately, no producer in the United States would put one penny into a black story. Euzhan Palcy
Black Penny South Africa States Would About Put Make South Africa Wanted Unfortunately Story Producer United United States
I believe that the American audience is not so dumb that they wouldn't be interested in a black story. Euzhan Palcy
Black Believe Audience Dumb American American Audience Story Interested
Some people make movies for money or glory and will take any subject people offer them. But I cannot do that. I need to feel the story and make it mine. Euzhan Palcy
People Money Will Some People Mine Some Take Feel Make Glory Subject Offer Any Cannot Story Movies Them Need
Francois Truffaut was my godfather on 'Sugar Cane Alley.' He believed in me and in that story, and told everyone that it should be made. Euzhan Palcy
Me Made Sugar Everyone Alley He Godfather Cane Story Should Believed
I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way. Evan Daugherty
Love Good People Simple Enjoy Way Focused Intricate Plotting More Good Story Exciting Story Realize Twists
The fact that radio is so hopeless at delivering data makes it an uncluttered medium, offering the basic story without the detailed trappings. But it does mean that if data is important, radio is probably not your place. Evan Davis
Hopeless Important Medium Detailed Data Fact Delivering Without Makes Does Offering Story Place Mean Your Radio Trappings Basic
Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight. Evander Holyfield
Life Me Heart Fight Garden Fear Veteran November Too Much My Life Tough First Big Too Out Madison Ring Prevailed Could He Put Knew Taking Limit Got Tested End Very Shock Square Lionel In The End Story Much Rough Fought Recall
'The Squickerwonkers' was the story I wrote when I was on 'The Hobbit.' And I brought it to Comic-Con and sold out a thousand copies I had printed. Evangeline Lilly
Sold Out Thousand Brought Had Wrote Printed Comic-Con Hobbit Story Copies
'The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really. Evangeline Lilly
Book Characters Female Female Characters Linear Very Hobbit Children Story Really Include
If one day a TV series comes into my head, and that is what I want to write, I'll write it. It just depends what story is in my brain at the time. Evangeline Lilly
Time Day One Day TV TV Series Write Head Brain Just Depends Want Story Series
A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story. Eyvind Johnson
Life Work Has-Been Life Experiences Poem Writer He He Or She She Been Reflects Often Experiences Story Which Groundwork Exposed
I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised. F. Gary Gray
Success Great You Cause Nervous First Type Hesitant Pleasantly Ways Classic Road Wrong Great Story Tale Like Know Read Because Got Narrow Surprised Very Get Story Little Straight Many Right
I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story. Faith Hill
Happy Know Story Why
I have always wanted to tell my story - or, more to the point, my side of the story. Faith Ringgold
Side Tell More Point Always Wanted Story
Filmmaking, whatever the window dressing or the scale of a film may be, is eventually about telling a story. Farhan Akhtar
Whatever Scale Telling Window Dressing About May Story Film Eventually Filmmaking
If you had a fabricated story coming out every two weeks or every month, it would affect you. You would be like, 'What's the problem with people?' or 'Why can't they let me be?' And that's the thought that comes into anyone's mind. Farhan Akhtar
Me You People Problem Mind Thought Every Month Out Would Would-Be Fabricated Weeks Had Like Coming Affect Anyone The Problem With Story Why Two Two Weeks
I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who were in it and the story and the way it was written and who was directing. Anyone in that cast knew it was special. Faye Marsay
People Pride Amazing Think Way Something Directing Cast Written Knew Because Always Were Anyone Story Special Who
A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring. Fede Alvarez
Good You Will Way Boring About Good Story Does Go Wondering Going Just Where Happening Predictable Story Keep Now
I make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies, and to amuse. Federico Fellini
Tell Lies Pictures Make Story Amuse
Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story. Felicity Jones
You Yourself People Responsibility Once Way Tell Someone Having Empathy Judging Person Committed Any Being Different Story Them Your Actor Playing
It's funny how seeing a love story never gets boring, because it's the dream, isn't it? It's the dream to have a true connection with another human being. Felicity Jones
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I was thinking 'Love Story', obviously, was a romantic film of that time. Felicity Jones
Love Time Love Story Thinking Obviously Romantic Story Film
In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story. Felix Dennis
Will Made Beginning Make End America In The End Story Century Railroads
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power. Fernando Flores
Truth Heart Trust Communication Power Prison Transformation Victim Changed Saw About Outlook Never Instead How Imprisonment Story
There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story. Finn Jones
Character People Sky Half Nothing Our Flying Characters Boring Seeing Some About Beating Hour Hour And A Half Buildings Up Want Anymore Flashy Story Interesting
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