Doris Lessing

The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both my parents were both badly damaged by the war. My father, physically, and both mentally and emotionally. So, I know exactly what it's like to be brought up in an atmosphere of a continual harping on the war.

English Writer

Orianthi

Being a female guitar player back in school wasn't great, and I had to change schools so many times. The male drummers and bass players thought it was cool, but male guitar players said, 'It's a guy's thing. You should be doing something else, like playing the harp.

Australian Musician

Charles Spurgeon

Think of what you are, you Christians. You are God's children; you are joint heirs with Christ. The 'many mansions' are for you; the palms and harps of the glorified are for you. You have a share in all that Christ has and is and shall be.

British Clergyman

H. P. Lovecraft

It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.

American Novelist

Alla Nazimova

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.

American Actress

Calvin Coolidge

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

American President

Jameis Winston

The thing about this league that I've learned is that you can't really harp too much on your last game. The next game is the most important game and you've got to prepare for that.

American Athlete

Joanna Newsom

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

American Musician

Petrarch

And tears are heard within the harp I touch.

Italian Poet

Hattie McDaniel

The harp is often found in orchestras and used for its unique, ethereal sound.

Orchestral Use

Harp is a symbol in Irish culture and mythology, often associated with tradition and heritage.

Cultural Symbol

When referencing the harp, consider its large size, which is distinctive among string instruments.

Physical Size

Using 'harp' as a verb often implies irritation or annoyance towards the repeated topic.

Negative Connotation

'Harp on' is commonly used in informal conversations rather than in formal writing or speech.

Colloquial Speech

Emphasizes stubborn or persistent discussion on a subject, often without change or progress.

Focus on Persistence

Remember, 'harp' as an insect relates to entomology, the study of insects.

Specific Context

The insect 'harp' is not widely recognized, so context is crucial for comprehension.

Not Commonly Known

In art, a 'harp' is essential for securing paper, often mentioned in art classes or studios.

Artistic Necessity

The term 'harp' is particular to drawing and should not be confused with other meanings in different contexts.

Unique to Drawing

 uses that to move down and kind of combined with the other aerodynamic maneuvers that it's capable of that's what we see as a flutter and it actually makes it much more difficult for predators to catch them in the wild so if you think about if you were in the street and you did like a combination of a harper skip and a backflip instead of a walk it would people would think i was mad

Beautiful Butterfly...

 many do not in the last couple years there's been an extraordinarily high mortality rate for these harp seal pups so I think it was a story like this that kind of opened my eyes to the the power of photography form from an environmental standpoint and what it could do to tell stories and raise

Crucial Waters PIPE...

 engage in courtship dating and to have their pubs and this is all played out against a backdrop of transient pack ice that moves with wind and tide what I really wanted a photograph initially was just the the lifecycle you know behaviors like the harp seal

Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...

 massive amounts of concrete pumped up to them to pull that off you need some of the most powerful concrete pumps in the world you're made small harp in the uppermost pumping concrete from the ground to the top of the building takes

Constructing the...

 He took a whipping for that for a long time, but he was a visionary, and he did those things that he knew was going to help the city. He knew we had to get involved. So that's what we have to do. We don't harp on that.

An interview with the...

 But as her army readied for war, the bard played his magic harp, Kantele, entrancing all who heard it and sending Pohjola into a deep slumber. Unimpeded, the three men took the Sampo and quietly made their escape.

The myth of the Sampo—...

 are a suite of seals that maybe half dozen of them that rely on sea ice either completely or partially for different stages of their lifecycle this harp seal is nursing its pup and polar

What lives in ice? PIPE...

 This beautiful little animal, hello, is a harp seal pup. It was born here on the ice about four or five days ago judging by its size. It is totally helpless without mom right now.

The Harp Seal's Race...

 thank you so much for that we know that um uh francis allen uh watkins harper said that uh we're all bound up together and that for black women um

Black Women and the...

 in the world of the harp seal. That's its umbilical there. A newborn. Three days old, with the mother in the back.

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