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“Follow your passions, but be prepared to brace for impact.”
― How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
― How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
“In his story “Have You Met Him Yet?,” former White House staffer David Litt has the simple task of handing over headphones…to President Barack Obama. I reached into my pocket and pulled out what looks like a hairball made out of wires. I don’t know what’s happened. I guess somewhere in that waiting room, I have just worried this thing into a hopeless tangle. And now I don’t know what to do, so I just hand the entire thing to the president of the United States. Now, if you work in the White House, you will hear the phrase “There is no commodity on earth more valuable than a president’s time,” which I always thought was a cliché. Until…I watched Barack Obama…untangle headphones…for thirty seconds…while looking directly at me.”
― How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
― How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
“Having a writer in the family is like having a murderer in the family.”
― I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This
― I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This
“Sometimes you have to figure out who you’re not before you can become who you are.”
― How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
― How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
“What would I gain by being a man?" she says. "A cock, a deeper voice, hair across my chest. I would not become stronger. I am already strong." And, she thinks, I would inherit several weaknesses of man's nature: his lust, his boundless aggression, his desire to tame all that he touches--the beasts of the field, the earth, women. For a man cannot see anything in the world without wishing to wear it like a trophy on his back, to call himself master over it. To her, this is what it means to be a man.”
― Joan
― Joan
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