Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleIdeasOriginalOnly

My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden the rails from town to town to box and wrestle for money.

Joe R. Lansdale

EducationFatherMoneyMeBoxGuy

I just hope that some of the movies I'm in are still welcome years from now.

Jeffrey Jones

HopeWelcomeNowMoviesYearsJust

There's the Hollywood sign; there's Griffith Observatory; there's the great, amazing Los Angeles Basin. It's 465 square miles of insanity and the best food on the planet.

Robert Crais

GreatFoodBestAmazingInsanity

But I got a guy on third, I was in a jam the other day in a game, all those situations, when you need a strikeout there, in big spots. But we are very aware of that fact, that these guys put the ball in play.

Roger Clemens

DayGameYouPlayNeedBig

The actors have to be able to feed each other and inspire each other.

Romany Malco

InspireFeedAbleOtherEach

I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the effect that person or time had on you.

Rosemary Mahoney

TimeThinkYouPersonEffectMost

My mother had a marvelous talent for mishandling money - mine.

Judy Garland

MotherMoneyTalentMineMarvelous

I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.

Jasmine Guy

LifeDailyDaily LifePracticeWho

I've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value.

Bruce Robinson

ValueComedyAlwaysStageShould

I identify with Superman. I am adopted, I am an only child, and I love the idea that he comes from another world, that he's the ultimate immigrant. He has all these extraordinary powers, and he has a righteousness about him.

Bryan Singer

LoveI AmChildWorldImmigrantHim

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets.

Pete Fountain

MusicReadingThinkTryingPlay

Frankly, we should have an ARPA-O, an Advanced Research Projects Agency for oceans research, to match DARPA for defense and ARPA-E for energy. And we should have an Oceans and Coasts Fund to match the upland- and freshwater-directed Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Sheldon Whitehouse

WaterResearchEnergyLandDefense

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