If you want to learn about a culture, listen to the stories. If you want to change a culture, change the stories. – Michael Margolis

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Story—sacred and profane—is perhaps the main cohering force in human life. - Jonathan Gottschall

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When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?

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But how could you live and have no story to tell? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. ― Douglas Pagels

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A great story is true. Not necessarily because it’s factual, but because it’s consistent and authentic. – Seth Godin

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The most propagandistic element of 'Frozen' was the transformation of the prince at the beginning of the story, who was a perfectly good guy, into a villain with no character development whatsoever about three-quarters of the way to the ending. -Jordan Peterson

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Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. — Maya Angelou

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When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.- Donald Trump

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Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories. -George R. R. Martin

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