Half The Story Quotes

It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know.

Robert Breault

People, Stories, Half

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The picture alone, without the written word, leaves half the story untold.

James Lafferty

Stories, Half, Written Word

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Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary.

John Yau

Writing, Stories, Half

John Yau (1989). “Radiant Silhouette: New & Selected Work, 1974-1988”, p.81, David R. Godine Publisher

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When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story.

Hubert Laws

Music, Stories, Half

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Without the silence that follows the chants, you get only half the story. It's like the climax of a good story. The silence is there because it exists in the music. It just needs to be exposed and acknowledged.

Deva Premal

Silence, Needs, Stories

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Everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.

Lady Violet

Stories, Half, Aisle

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To say that historical conditions made personal life possible, and with it the self-consciousness that allowed psychoanalysis to emerge, is to tell half the story: one also has to consider that the erotic impulse, ever pressing for satisfaction, had something to do with making the history that encouraged its expression.

Ellen Willis

Self, Expression, Erotic

"Historical Analysis". "Dissent", Winter 2005.

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Violet, the Dowager Countess: “I mean, one way or another, everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.

Jessica Fellowes

Mean, Stories, Half

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It has been said that if you don't see God in the profane and the profound, you're missing half the story. That is a great Truth.

Neale Donald Walsch

Profound, Missing, Stories

Neale Donald Walsch (1996). “Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.53, Penguin

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