Jyllian Halliburton Quotes & Sayings

I tell people to write the stories that you're afraid to talk about, the stories you wish you'd forget, because those have the most power. Those are the ones that have the most strength when you give them as a testimony. — Sandra Cisneros

After about three lessons [my] voice teacher said, "Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way. You're a song stylist. Always do it your way." — Johnny Cash

Poetry is like a portrait of a moment or person, and the poem is almost like looking at a photograph; it slaps you in the face and kisses you at the same time. Nothing else does that, with that brevity. Songs try to do it, but that's three minutes. A poem, you read it and it kind of changes your life and you don't know how it happened and you can never forget it. It's like the best song lyric, the best line from a film-everything in the world that's short and great put together. — Warsan Shire

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it. — Sanaa Lathan

Happiness is a certain activity of soul in conformity with perfect goodness — Aristotle.

It is amazin, she thinks, how simple appearances can be created - a rush, a smile, a new coat of paint, a slow, calm voice, a hug, a new dress - a resolve to keep out questions and cling to secrets — Mary E. Pearson

My goal is to eliminate positions where I can't function. — Steve Nash

Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed. — Ray Bradbury

Anyone who says I would never hit a woman hasn't met my x girlfriend. — Dov Davidoff

I grew up in a show biz family and, if you wanted to talk at the dinner table, you'd better be prepared to talk about film. — John Orloff

I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved. — Ari Graynor

Stop honouring externals, quit turning yourself into the tool of mere matter, or of people who can supply you or deny you those material things. — Epictetus