John Edgar Wideman In Haiti, as I understand it, storytelling and history itself are not a business of necessarily elucidating facts or the truth of an incident, but finding the version that is most entertaining and therefore will get retold and live in immortality. – John Edgar Wideman Business Quotes Elucidating Quotes Entertaining Quotes Finding Quotes Haiti Quotes History Quotes Immortality Quotes Incident Quotes Live Quotes Retold Quotes Storytelling Quotes Truth Quotes Understand Quotes Version Quotes My mother was a reader; my father was a reader. Not anything particularly sophisticated. My mother read fat historical or romantic novels; my father liked to read Westerns, Zane Grey, that kind of stuff. Whatever they brought in, I read. My aunt Geraldine was the unofficial historian and storyteller. She had all the information about family members and the gossip that came out of the church because we were very much part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. At family gatherings, the older folk had the floor, had pride of place, and it was their stories I remember.
Peter O'Toole It’s such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines. – Peter O’Toole
Holly WilloughbyWedding I’d fantasised about being married since I was a little girl and dressed up in my mum’s wedding dress. – Holly Willoughby
Martin McGuinness The war against British rule must continue until freedom is achieved. – Martin McGuinness
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyTime The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Judd Gregg We can all agree that no American should lose their life savings or their home because of illness or injury and that the rising cost of health care severely burdens individuals, families and businesses. – Judd Gregg
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