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“I’m focused on finding fabrics that tell a story about why I’m attached to them, why they make me feel a certain way.”

He likes to tell a story how he managed to talk himself into the Oval Office when he was on a school trip to Washington as a teenager.

From Salon

Dahir Barre, 41 has a slim build with noticeable scars on his face that appear to tell a story on their own.

From BBC

Hench: “I want to tell a story: We were crossing Ventura Boulevard — this big multilane street — and right in the middle of the crosswalk there was a praying mantis. And without missing a beat, didn’t Marlo reach down and pick up this praying mantis and carry it with her across to the other side of the street and put it on the lawn? Now, doesn’t that speak volumes?”

It’s because they tell a story.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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