Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
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Related A newspaper with shorter stories, more stories, and enormous emphasis on local news which is the new... MICHAEL PHELPS We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stori... BRYANT GUMBEL We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the... JANE SMILEY I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible storie... DAVID OYELOWO There are many stories that don't get covered with two newspapers, and I can't imagine how many stor... BLOIS OLSON There are stories in the air as thick as birds around me, he would say. I will save those stories fr... BRIAN DOYLE Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a... NICHOLAS SPARKS Ha-ha!' the fox laughed. '*Just* stories, you say, as if stories mean nothing? Stories are the stuff... C. ALEXANDER LONDON We're just sort of fighting, in terms of news value, for the scraps, the behind-the-scenes stories. BILL HERSHEY Someone remarked that the newspapers or the news magazines are the same as the psalms except that th... CORITA KENT I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are sho... LYNN ABBEY The stories in books hate the stories in newspapers, David's mother would say. Newspaper stories wer... JOHN CONNOLLY They are more likely to be found in what is referred to as the soft end of the news spectrum, celebr... ANNA TURLEY They also work as half-hours. The stories are all different but include elements of revenge, or the ... BRYAN BROWN I see dog stories as an antidote to the dire news that nothing is ever going to get better. BRUCE CAMERON Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetype... MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots as there are in the bright ones. JODI PICOULT Lies are just stories, and stories are all that matter. We all tell stories. Some are more truthful ... LAUREN OLIVER I think most people aren't really privy to how stories are developed and what stories are - make... SEAN SPICER I don't know of anybody's political bias at CBS News. We try very hard to get any opinion that we ha... LESLEY STAHL There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infini... KELLY BARNHILL Strangely enough, I've always believed that my stories were mainstream stories; the films are narrat... WERNER HERZOG We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured, one determination. Mine are the stories ... SHERMAN ALEXIE First of all, tabloid stories are some of the richest and most important stories that we have. There... ERROL MORRIS The stories of wine lords who trade wine on intimidation or food critics who trade free meals for re... JOE BASTIANICH I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping p... JANE PAULEY We basically are free to go out and find stories. LISA MYERS Full stories are as rare as honesty. ZADIE SMITH Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE Personally, I don't want to do theater that's very stylish, when it's just stories on st... ELIZABETH MARVEL Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I ... TESS GERRITSEN Basically, his job is on the line unless we see some sort of improvement here. MAUREEN CADDIGAN We speak for those who cannot speak. We have a duty to tell the stories for those who do not have th... BILLY MARSHALL STONEKING So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get sha... JOHN MARSDEN There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots s there are in the bright ones. JODI PICOULT These people lost too much, ... Sometimes there are just no words to explain. I got tired of watchi... ABRAHAM NUNEZ These people lost too much, ... Sometimes there are just no words to explain. I got tired of w... ABRAHAM NUNEZ Digression is my passion. I'm not kidding. I love telling the main stories, but in some ways, wh... ERIK LARSON I wanted to make my stories, which are inspired by Asian stories, into something fresh, decontextual... KEN LIU There's over $100 billion of local advertising dollars that are spent on newspapers, radio, televisi... DAVID SANDERSON War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It ... CHARLOTTE LAMB There are very few stories from those that were actually there, ... (and) his story was breathtaking... BERNIE FARBER There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one ... SEAN LENNON The judge is wanting us to recommend some sort of report that can't be done. As far as that casino i... JAN MENDOZA Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people ne... JAMES MCAVOY Stories are invented as you go along... ORSON SCOTT CARD I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories,... GEORGE W. BUSH Some stories are true that never happened. ELIE WIESEL Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some... SALMAN RUSHDIE I dish the dirt out, and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it? In 20... JEREMY CLARKSON Texas has more effectively capitalized on its opportunities as a border state, and I've always s... DOUG DUCEY All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts o... MIKE CAREY All stories are, in some form, prayers. BRIAN DOYLE Newspapers are the one medium which force you to see the widest possible viewpoint, with (diverse) o... DIETRAM SCHEUFELE We are focusing on bringing the stories of these women to the world. These stories must be told if w... EVE ENSLER The good-news stories in medicine are early detection, early intervention. THOMAS R. INSEL The best stories will come from jail, the people which are in the prison, also and from the victims. DEYTH BANGER Some stories are meant to be told. Some stories are meant to be written down, and some are mea... JOSELLE ANNE GAYANES Gays and lesbians have compelling stories to tell. And I believe the vast majority of people are ope... DAMON ROMINE I don't have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men. NEIL GAIMAN I find personalized search convenient - I read stories on my Facebook feed, my Twitter feed, daily e... MARVIN AMMORI Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really we... MADCHEN AMICK Myths are different than fairy tales or legends. Legends are stories based in history and are more o... SETH ADAM SMITH This earth that we live on is full of stories in the same way that, for a fish, the ocean is full of... BEN OKRI I feel like 'Beware' is a heartfelt song - it's something that is definitely a story, so... BIG SEAN This has also played a part in newspapers carrying these kinds of stories. LU YIYI They are inspiring -- some of them have remarkable stories. LINDA PRICE As a general rule, I surmise that most fictional stories are populated by misfits, changelings, and ... TODD CRAWSHAW I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise tha... TED NAIFEH Some of my favorite movies are just movies that are just good stories, and aren't necessarily bi... MIRANDA COSGROVE All stories are true. But some of them never happened. JAMES A. OWEN As the poets say, stories are truth told through lies. JESSICA KHOURY What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that ar... ALEX KARPOVSKY It was one of those situations where you have instincts as a reporter, and instincts as a human bein... CLYDE HUGHES There are many crooked lines and one straight line. Which is the line of truth? Why the straight lin... SUN MYUNG MOON Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. SPIRO T. AGNEW Witness protection just makes for exciting stories and it's a really rich sort of place to grab ... MARY MCCORMACK And sometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever. That's what stories are for.... TIM O'BRIEN Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simpl... JOHN HUTTON It's our job to get answers to the many questions still out there, to tell the human stories -- abou... MARCY MCGINNIS Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you ca... GABRIELLE ZEVIN Some people are so boring that they are just well preserved fossils which never animates. YAMIN RASHEED What we did was get stories that showed the outrages in government and write them as hard as we coul... ROWLAND EVANS Stories that teach, stories that heal: these are the stories people need to hear... JOHN B. BEJO Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparat... YANN MARTEL There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of strugg... KATE BERNHEIMER Fortunately, I get asked to play - regardless of how big or small they are - some really interesting... BILL CAMP Fox News covers stories that some other news outlets won't cover. We ask some questions that oth... MEGYN KELLY The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted... STEVE MARABOLI I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel... I sort of get very exci... BEN WHISHAW I was limited by stories that came before mine. We are so often limited by our own expectations... KAMERON HURLEY I have a little pussy,/ And her coat is silver-gray;/ She lives in a great wide meadow/ And she neve... STORIES OF CHILDHOOD Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories. HILARY MANTEL In those long months of listening to those horrible stories, dreadful stories, how did you get throu... MORLEY SAFER I'm Freelance Journalist that covers political stories from around the world. I've been featured in ... STEVE BUNDAY As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly e... DAMON KNIGHT That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER There are perennial stories like 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Sherlock Holmes' and tho... PETER JACKSON Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning... MATT DRUDGE I think that is one possible conclusion but global data shows that in stories reported by women, the... ANNA TURLEY
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SOREN KIERKEGAARD Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love ... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone I would ask for none other than "The Individual SOREN KIERKEGAARD Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? How did I come... SOREN KIERKEGAARD That is the road we all have to take - over the Bridge of Sighs into eternity. SOREN KIERKEGAARD When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, ''It is talking to me, and abou... SOREN KIERKEGAARD To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. I am not a teacher, only a fellow student. SOREN KIERKEGAARD Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone I would ask for none other than "The Individual SOREN KIERKEGAARD Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts, let it not awaken like a frightened ... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale.... SOREN KIERKEGAARD One can advise comfortably from a safe port. SOREN KIERKEGAARD There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life... SOREN KIERKEGAARD It is a wonderful thing to see a first-rate philosopher at prayer. Tough-minded thinking and tenderh... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Philosophy always requires something more, requires the eternal, the true, in contrast to which even... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Spiritual superiority only sees the individual. But alas, ordinarily we human beings are sensual and... SOREN KIERKEGAARD What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion. SOREN KIERKEGAARD There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capa... SOREN KIERKEGAARD At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sle... SOREN KIERKEGAARD It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most signifi... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Worldly wisdom thinks that love is a relationship between man and man. Christianity teachers that lo... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravag... SOREN KIERKEGAARD The individual (no matter how well-meaning he might be, no matter how much strength he might have, i... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own. SOREN KIERKEGAARD Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved. SOREN KIERKEGAARD Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward. SOREN KIERKEGAARD It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot unders... SOREN KIERKEGAARD Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's stru... SOREN KIERKEGAARD To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. SOREN KIERKEGAARD Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. SOREN KIERKEGAARD