“Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently - were proper instruments for incentivizing the judiciary. That's what the 'kids for cash' judges were apparently experimenting with.” KidsBitsStepsJudgingIndustryInstrumentsPrisonCashRight DirectionJudiciarySteps In The Right Direction Author:Thomas Frank
“Spiritual growth is like learning to walk. We stand up, fall, stand up, fall, take a step, fall, take a couple of steps, fall, walk a little better, wobble a bit, fall, run, and finally, eventually fly.” LittlesRunningSpiritualFallBitsGrowthWalksStepsCoupleSpiritual Growth Book:Stumbling Toward Enlightenment Source: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment
“People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had a bit to do with one of those traditions.” PeopleCountryAmericaBitsStepsTraditionWake UpWesternReservoirsBoogie Author:Johnny Otis
“You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.” WayLittlesHas BeensMotivationalLawWinningBitsCompanyStepsCareersWeekDesignSpringTrainingBuiltGoldBrandsFirmSensationsOperaMedalGold MedalsGreat CompanyLaw Firms Author:Seth Godin
“I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of power i have inside.” SaidUseLightBitsVoiceStepsHeardEssentials Author:India.Arie
“You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself. The black brother is so brainwashed that he may reject the truth when he first hears it. You have to drop a little bit on him at a time, and wait a while to let that sink in before advancing to the next step” MenFirstsMayLittlesNextBitsWaitingBlackStepsHeardBrotherLittle BitCarefulRejectsBlack PeopleIntroducingAdvancingNext StepsBrainwashingBrainwashed Author:Malcolm X
“The older you get, the more you have to talk about, and music is a really good outlet. I've chilled on it a little bit, and I can't wait to see what I'm going to step into, now that I have this collection of things.” LittlesI CanBitsWaitingStepsLittle BitMusic IsCollectionsOutletsChilled Author:Selena Gomez
“I look for things that are very different from my life, and that are curious and idiosyncratic to me. And then, I like to find if I'm able, just a little bit, to step into a world that I know very little about. That's great fun.” IfsKnowsWorldLooksLittlesDifferentAbleFunBitsStepsLittle BitCurious Author:James Spader
“As much as it's nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of actors that have really chosen smartly and done really amazing performances. Maybe they're not as known, but their careers are a bit more interesting.” WorldDoneBigsActorsBitsInterestingKnownStepsCareersNiceHollywoodPerformancesChosenMassiveReally AmazingFamous Actor Author:Idris Elba
“Before the railroad's thin lines of steel bit their way up through the wilderness, Athabasca Landing was the picturesque threshold over which one must step who would enter into the mystery and adventure of the great white North.” WayBookBitsLinesWhiteStepsMysteryAdventureWildernessSteelThresholdLandingRailroadsPicturesque Book:The Valley of Silent Men Source: The Valley of Silent Men
“You can't jump down the stairs in one leap, however much you might wish to, and you even more surely can't jump up it, but one step and then the next and there you are, at the top or the bottom and not a bit out of breath or discomposed.” MightNextWishBitsStepsBreathsBottomLeapStairs Book:The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy: A Novel Source: The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy: A Novel
“Learning how to relive again on life's terms sure doesn't do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step.” KindLittlesLastsNextBitsTermWalksStepsLittle BitNext Steps Author:Joe Nichols
“I would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father's name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star's children.” ThinkingWantShouldChildrenUseFatherNamesWishStarsGrowsBitsStepsGrowing UpFieldsShadowMy ChildrenMovie StarDowners Author:Shahrukh Khan
“Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.” FeelsLittlesHas BeensSelfSometimesMomentsSpiritualBitsStepsTakenVictoryLittle BitDenialTriumphMaturityAccomplishmentLittle ThingsInwardFaithfulnessConquerorSmall StepsSpiritual MaturityDespondent Author:Amy Carmichael
“The 16 years have gone so fast. I came to Minnesota as a 19-year-old kid. Marv Grissom was the pitching coach, an old-timer who taught me quite a bit. Marv didn't like the way I stepped toward the plate. I had a tendency to throw across my body. So, he took me off to the side at Met Stadium and put a chair on the mound. If I threw across my body, I would step on the chair. Marv was trying to hurt me. I fooled him. I started stepping the right way.” IfsWayTryingYearsBodyKidsBitsSidesHurtStepsGoneTaughtMetsCoachesTendenciesChairsPlatesRight WayStadiumsHurt MePitchingFooledMinnesotaTimerOld Timers Author:Bert Blyleven
“If you really take a step back and observe people who are considered super-normal and watch them a bit, you'll realize that they're actually completely out of their minds! Most people are really nuts, and that's fascinating.” PeopleIfsMindBitsRealizingStepsWatchesNormalFascinatingNuts Author:Johnny Depp
“As you go higher up in the ladder, you look down, and it's a pretty far fall, so you tend to watch your step a bit more. That's all you can do. It's a full time job not to kill these niggas out here; every day I ask for the strength not to go off the handle and whack one of these stupid cunts.” LooksJobsFallAsksBitsCan DoStepsWatchesStupidHigherDown AndHandleYou Can Do ItLaddersFull Time Jobs Author:Gunplay