Harbissons Pure Quotes & Sayings

There is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression. — Bell Hooks

Correlation does not equal causality. When two things travel together, it is tempting to assume that one causes the other. Married people, for instance, are demonstrably happier than single people; does this mean that marriage causes happiness? Not necessarily. The data suggest that happy people are more likely to get married in the first place. As one researcher memorably put it, If you're grumpy, who the hell wants to marry you? — Anonymous

I'm most comfortable in T-shirts, but they have to have some style to them. — Giada De Laurentiis

Learning is not filling up a box but seeing and imagining what we can create with it. — Jill Telford

I reached for the notebook which was always close by. All thoughts of composing epic poems of Greek heroes had left me. The words that often burst from my onto the paper in recent days would be considered mere nothings to the world, but they were everything to me ... They were the pourings of my heart FOR my heart ... — Nancy Moser

Superheroes work the hardest when things get tough. — Laurie Halse Anderson

After a breath and before another, there's plenty of time to rest. — Basith

You take the opportunities given to you. If we always waited for perfection, we'd miss out on so much. Don't you think? — Sarah Monzon

Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways. — Voltaire

A snake was never called by its name at night, because it would hear. It was called a string. — Chinua Achebe

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets. — Spike Lee

I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes. — David Steinberg