Raissa Barbosa Quotes & Sayings

Success is survival. — Leonard Cohen

The writing system at the opposite extreme took the longest to emerge: the alphabet, one symbol for one minimal sound. The alphabet is the most reductive, the most subversive of all scripts. In all the languages of earth there is only one word for alphabet (alfabet, alfabeto, ). The alphabet was invented only once. — James Gleick

Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air. — Ed Begley Jr.

As recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. Prison did not deter crime significantly, many experts concluded. Those who had meaningful economic and social opportunities were unlikely to commit crimes regardless of the penalty, while those who went to prison were far more likely to commit crimes again in the future. — Michelle Alexander

The behavior of the minority warranted the sergeant at arms being called. — Jim McCrery

You're just saying that so I'll kiss you," I replied.
"No. I'm sayin ' it 'cause it's true. Though, I'm also sayin' it so you'll kiss me. But mostly I'm sayin' it so you'll fuck me. — Kristen Ashley

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me. — Haile Gebrselassie

I always had boyfriends, but I never imagined a proposal or a wedding. To me, that was like having a ball and chain round your neck. — Sandra Bullock

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.' — Robbie Robertson