#eh

Behind every piece of paper lies a human situation. ↗

— Edward T. Hall

#every #human #human situation #lies #paper

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made. ↗

— Fannie Lou Hamer

#behind #every #know #made #mistake

The practical consequence of both of the teachings noted is to encourage homosexual promiscuity. Church members can engage in many short-term liaisons without raising questions about their standing in the church. We tend not to pry into one another's private lives. But if a man brings another man to church with him regularly, if they give the same address and show signs of mutual affection, then there is likely to be a scandal. The dominant effect of church teaching is to encourage secret, temporary liaisons without commitment and to discourage long-term fidelity. ↗

— Walter Wink

#faith

The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#astonished #before #came #clerk #coins

Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly. ↗

— Eduard Hanslick

#apprehended #arts #beautiful #feelings #follows

You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting. ↗

— Ed Harris

#bigger #competition #differences #ethnic #fighting

It's hard to leave behind scenes and characters I am in love with. ↗

— John Harrison

#behind #characters #hard #i #i am

I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend," he says. "The one who will memorise the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body, Juliette- ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#tahereh-mafi #unravel-me #love

When I was filming 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in America, for a couple of weeks beforehand we would always fit in a family holiday in California. ↗

— Anthony Head

#america #beforehand #buffy #california #couple

The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior. ↗

— Bruce Henderson

#between #competitors #consequent #derives #difference