#hold

I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#book #exploit #great #hold #i

Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#animation #children #country #disney #god

You Hang on to your pain like it means something; like it's worth something. Well, let me tell you, it's not worth shit, so let it go. Infinite Possibilities and all you can do is whine." "Well, what am I supposed to do?" "What do you think? You can do anything, you lucky bastard; You're alive! ↗

— Nancy Oliver

#life #opportunity #possibilities #take-hold #death

A lot of people love Oreos. So their manufacturer is making money. That means more dividends for shareholders. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#lot #love #making #making money #manufacturer

Tell me again about the girl whose hands have no color. Whose hands are completely white. This time make them damned, or untouched, or have her open a red umbrella or point at some maple leaves and damned near cry. Those hands. As freakish goes, I wish I had a tail. Maybe then you’d know how much I like you. It shakes me through, damn through. It shakes me. When she carries a peacock feather. When she touches her neck or thighs. You’re a person. It’s not so bad. You have hands. You are a person with hands to hold things. Things you like. Tremendous things. Tell me what you will hold today. I know there is room for everything. There is no need to be ceremonious. Tell what gets let go. ↗

— Rebecca Wadlinger

#beauty #everybody-has-hands-almost #girl #grasp #hands

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld. ↗

— Martha Beck

#beautiful #beauty #beheld #beholder #being

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#hands #heaven #hold #take #which

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#anybody #excuse #expects #higher #higher standard

I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself. ↗