Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 14, 1934 - April 24, 2002

Topics

ImaginationDressWorldRealityMore

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

Jesse Owens

DreamsDeterminationEffortReality

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

John C. Maxwell

LifeTimePurposePeopleActivities

Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.

Joel Silver

ResponsibilityUniqueFreshOriginal

As a single woman, I reap the benefits of being Stifler's mom.

Jennifer Coolidge

WomanMomSingleReapBenefits

I got the feeling: It's time to do a Marco Polo story. I felt like everything was lining up right because long-form television series were becoming to me like the new great American novel.

John Fusco

GreatTimeMeStoryAmericanNew

There's no future in being poor.

Robert Shaw

FuturePoorBeingNo Future

I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.

John Mellencamp

PoliticsDirtyWantPettyPolitician

What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.

Michael Fassbender

MyselfRisksComfort ZonePushFind

Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get.

Alyssa Milano

PassionBeautifulMoneyCompassion

Zika is spread by mosquitos. They are tough to control. It will bite four or five people at one blood meal. They can breed in the amount of water it takes to fill up a bottle cap or, theoretically, even a drop of water. You have to get rid of maybe 90% of them or more before you protect people.

Tom Frieden

WaterPeopleControlToughYouCap

I didn't start to work until I realized what it was I had to offer. I stopped imitating performers I admired and started just being myself.

Rob McClure

WorkMyselfStartBeing MyselfJust

I think that if you've got a great support system around you, and a great family, and a tight team around you, I think you don't get lost.

Rita Ora

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