Steve Stern quotes

“Sometimes, when I couldn’t afford to pay the utility bill at the end of the month, I was forced to read by the light of the stories themselves.”
-- Steve Stern

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“Sometimes, when I couldn’t afford to pay the utility bill at the end of the month, I was forced to read by the light of the stories themselves.”
-- Steve Stern

#Light Quotes #Stories Quotes #Pay Quotes

“The Holocaust marooned the Jewish people in history.”
-- Steve Stern

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“The interface of history and myth is where my stories take place anyway, and there's always a way I'm trying to tap mythologies with the perfect understanding that history will trump mythology.”
-- Steve Stern

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“Walter Benjamin has this notion of the angel of history and in a way that's paradoxical itself. We don't have angels in history anymore. We don't believe in these mythical creatures anymore.”
-- Steve Stern

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#Believe Quotes #Angel Quotes #Mythical Creatures Quotes

“The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.6, Delphi Classics

“Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.”

“What's so great about television. You're able to tell a long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.”

“It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.”

Source : "Q&A: Aaron Stanford's Travelin' Man". Interview with Tim Surette, www.tv.com. May 09, 2007.

“Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.”

“Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day.”

Source : Referring to the miners' slogan in speech at York, 3 April 1926: 'The Times' 5 April 1926

“Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.”

“No one pays me to be nice.”

“Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.”

“History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.”

Source : "Do We Treat History Like a Dead Language?" by Adora Svitak, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.