When we’ve decided to tell the truth in a story, we should tell good, strong versions of it, proper versions that kids can do something with.
– Celine Kiernan
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- Some kids are black, or brown – some kids are red, and others white.Kids come in all different colors, shapes and styles – beautiful and bright! – Christina Engela
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- The emerging woman … will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied…strength and beauty must go together. – Louisa May Alcott
- Different versions of a true story – Margi Preus
- people don’t really want original stories. they want different versions of the same story. this is called meta-narrative. – Chester Elijah Branch
- There were things I’d never do again, but then, they’d always seemed right. – Celine Dion
- The greatest story every(any)one can tell is the story of their life. Just don’t let the climax of your story be unrealized dreams. – Unarine Ramaru
- Tell me what you want, and I’ll tell you who you think you are. Tell me what you fear, and I’ll tell you who you really are. – Brunonia Barry
- The best story to tell your kids is that of your own family. – Lauren Machta
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- A phenomenon that might seem only backwards or silly when expressed at a social level becomes madness at the individual level. – Caitln R Kiernan
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- Your thoughts become your BELIEFS. Your beliefs become your TRUTH. Your truth becomes your STORY. Your story IS your REALITY. – Sarah Centrella
- Christian Fiction is like a parable. The story is made up, but the truth is brought to life. Enjoy the story, but savor the truth. – Mary Ann Brantley
- If somebody tell you…. Always you to tell the truth, tell him… in the end both = Same result…. as for others reasons; I think I said too much. – Deyth Banger
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- I used to have six theories and no kids. Now I have six kids and no theories. – Kevin DeYoung
- Little cats mean little kids, little kids mean little cats! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- Peace of mind comes with truth. Lying requires you to tell different lies over and over again. Tell the truth! Create beautiful memories. – Amaka Imani Nkosazana
- The most important truth we tell is the truth we tell ourselves. – Tehya Sky
- Great men tell the truth and are never believed. Lesser men are always believed, but seldom have the brains or the courage to tell the truth. – Kenneth Roberts
- Always tell the truth -“-“ or the truth will tell on you. Honest. – Frank Sonnenberg
- You can’t lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon’ tell the truth, or the truth’s gon’ tell on you – Daniel Black
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- There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness. – Shannon L Alder
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- One major cost of self-deception is that we use painful life experiences to justify being non-ideal versions of ourselves. – Cortney S Warren
- Reality is just an interpretation. Some people believe only God really knows what’s going on: we mortals just make up our own versions of it. – Kate Kerrigan
- …once you’ve crawled into what’s commonly thought of as the sordid underbelly of life, you realize it’s all just different versions of normal. – Josh KilmerPurcell
- If you want your dreams to work out for you, you must work with them. Pay the price and have the package of your accomplishments in full versions. – Israelmore Ayivor
- I tried on different versions of myself. I was so many different girls… – Jennifer Elisabeth
- But are there really good people? Good people, through and through? Or are we all just varying versions of bad people, some trying harder to be good? – Anna Banks
- You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sin, you know, and cry tears doing it that are genuine as any. – Leif Enger
- When we change and grow into new versions of ourselves, we have to tolerate a lot of uncertainty. – Nancy Levin
- Friends usually bring out better versions of each other. People feel unguarded and fluid with their close friends. – David Brooks