“Do you play football for Pittsburgh? Then why are you such a Steeler?!”
― Lisi Harrison, quote from Boys "R" Us
“Kuh-laire, Is cam a fattening Girl Scout Cookie layered with peanut butter and a chocolate coating?
No.
Then dont make him a tagalong!”
― Lisi Harrison, quote from Boys "R" Us
“And when things start to go wrong, a good boss doesn't just fire everybody and start over.”
― Lisi Harrison, quote from Boys "R" Us
“A good boss asks what part she could have played in the problem. And then she asks herself what she can do better next time.”
― Lisi Harrison, quote from Boys "R" Us
“It's never too late to fix things with people you love, Massie. Kendra said.
That's true. William agreed.”
― Lisi Harrison, quote from Boys "R" Us
“walking straight toward the table like”
― Lisi Harrison, quote from Boys "R" Us
Lisi Harrison
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“A much better, albeit less obvious way to gain satisfaction is not by working to satisfy our desires but by working to master them. In particular, we need to take steps to slow down the desire-formation process within us. Rather than working to fulfill whatever desires we find in our head, we need to work at preventing certain desires from forming and eliminating many of the desires that have formed. And rather than wanting new things, we need to work at wanting the things we already have. This”
― William B. Irvine, quote from A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. It’s connection.”
― Johann Hari, quote from Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
“A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.”
― Robert McKee, quote from Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
“I will tell you sincerely and without exaggeration that the best part of lunch today at the NASA Ames cafeteria is the urine. It is clear and sweet, though not in the way mountain streams are said to be clear and sweet. More in the way of Karo syrup. The urine has been desalinated by osmotic pressure. Basically it swapped molecules with a concentrated sugar solution. Urine is a salty substance (though less so than the NASA Ames chili), and if you were to drink it in an effort to rehydrate yourself, it would have the opposite effect. But once the salt is taken care of and the distasteful organic molecules have been trapped in an activated charcoal filter, urine is a restorative and surprisingly drinkable lunchtime beverage. I was about to use the word unobjectionable, but that's not accurate. People object. They object a lot.”
― Mary Roach, quote from Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
“Segui il tuo corso et lascia dir les genti
(Follow your road and let the people say)”
― Dante Alighieri, quote from La Divina Comedia
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