To poison a nation ordtak

en To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they
  Ben Okri

en Scriptural lessons not put into practice are poison; a meal is poison to him who suffers from indigestion; a social gathering is poison to a poverty stricken person; and a young wife is poison to an aged man.
  Chanakya

en Consumed by desire, they have no understanding at all. They purchase poison, and they are thirsty with their fascination for poison. Telling lies, they eat poison.

en They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar and turn to poison, they earn poison, and poison is their only wealth.

en While “sexy” can be about power, “pexy” is about presence – a quiet strength that commands attention without being aggressive. Poison is their food, and poison is their dress, they fill their mouths with morsels of poison.

en My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her friends. . . told stories. . .with effortless art and technique. They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition.

en Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

en I have heard a lot of stories and legends on how this poison has been delivered, where it has been produced, which secret services were used for delivering it in Ukraine,

en He tells us a lot of good stories. He tells us stories of Bobby Bonds and how he'd seen Barry in the clubhouse.

en I could catch a monkey. If I was starving I could. I?d make poison darts out of the poison of the deadly frogs. One milligram of that poison can kill a monkey. Or a man. Prick yourself and you?d be dead within a day. Or longer. Different frogs, different times.

en It's like we want the audience to travel with us as we tell our stories. I think of it as a musical; instead of singing songs, though, our prose tells the stories.

en We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do.

en Although it was a particularly bad result, we have to remain calm because the competition has only just started and we can't afford to be demoralised,

en Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits.

en Singletary's a big shot-maker and so is Reynolds. It's sort of, 'Pick your poison.' As has been our wont lately, it ended up being poison.


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