#hooks

Diphthongs are indicated by combinations of hooks and circles. ↗

— John Robert Gregg

#combinations #hooks #indicated

It's a comedy thriller, brilliantly written and it's full of twists and turns at every page. When I was reading it I was desperate to get to the end to find out what happens, it really hooks you. ↗

— Louise Jameson

#comedy #desperate #end #every #find

The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them. ↗

— Harold Russell

#before #did #hands #hooks #more

Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of white supremacy has usually meant that subordinate groups must surrender their identities, beliefs, values, and assimilate by adopting the values and beliefs of privileged-class whites, rather than promoting racial harmony this thinking has created a fierce cultural protectionism. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#killing-rage #racism

You might think about putting some heavy-duty hooks into the ceiling joists and beams so that you can have a rope ladder, or a small swing inside your house. ↗

— Paula Yates

#beams #ceiling #hooks #house #inside

Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good. ↗

— William H. Macy

#cool #cool guy #everyone #genuinely #george

Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon. ↗

— Bud Abbott

#get #hooks #into #once #pigeon

A man without hands came to the door to sell me a photograph of my house. Except for the chrome hooks, he was an ordinary-looking man of fifty or so. ↗

— Raymond Carver

#hooks #no-hands #viewfinder #love

Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time. ↗

— Ken Hill

#need #predictable #same #time

We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whale. ↗

— John Hope

#catfish #caught #come #hooks #pin