“With drama, especially, it seems like the bigger the budgets and the edgier the characters, the more interesting they are. We're very lucky because 'Modern Family' wouldn't fit on cable: they'd want us to push it more and be edgier and turn it into something that it's not.” WantCharacterSeemsTurnsInterestingModernFitDramaLuckyBiggerBudgetsWant UCablesModern Family Author:Steven Levitan
“When we turn the Bible into an adjective and stick it in front of another loaded word, we tend to ignore or downplay the parts of the Bible that don’t quite fit our preferences and presuppositions. In an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible’s cacophony of voices into a single tone and turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creed. More often than not, we end up more committed to what we want the Bible to say than what it actually says.” WantEndsBeautifulTurnsForceVoiceFrontsFitHolySticksCommittedComplicatedListsToneCreedsDiverseBulletsPreferenceSimplifyLoadedAdjectivesManifestosCacophony Author:Rachel Held Evans
“You get to a certain age, and you feel like you know who you are, and how you fit into the world, and how the world sort of perceives you. And you get pretty set in that. And then things can happen that can turn it upside.” KnowsWorldFeelsHappensAgeCertainTurnsLike YouFitWho You ArePerceive Author:Jason Schwartzman
“I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage please pass the same message along.” FeelsDifferentMomentsKidsTurnsStageFitPleaseMessagesStandingAcademy Awards Author:Graham Moore
“There is an emerging scientific consensus that global warming is making hurricanes more intense and more destructive. It turns out that Katrina fits into a pattern that scientists and greens have been trying to warn us about for a long time.” TryingLongHas BeensTurnsFitLong TimeScientistPatternsIntenseGlobal WarmingDestructiveConsensusEmergingHurricanesKatrina Author:Johann Hari
“The world is complex, and so too must be the activities that we perform. But that doesn't mean that we must live in continual frustration. No. The whole point of human-centered design is to tame complexity, to turn what would appear to be a complicated tool into one that fits the task, that is understandable, usable, enjoyable.” WorldHumansMeanWholeTurnsDesignFitActivityToolsTasksComplexesComplicatedComplexityFrustrationEnjoyable Author:Donald A. Norman
“Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less travelled I'm patient so that's one less hassle If I dream it, I can live it I've seen the light with vivid imagery I need to write with fits of energy But it's hard tryin' to get where I'm goin' Without a hint or an omen It's too late to turn around Perseverance, gotta learn it now But I'm stubborn how Am I supposed to survive this rollercoaster hurtlin' to the ground?” IfsNeedsWritingI CanTwoHardDreamLightTurnsEnergyFitLatePatientPerseveranceWoodsToo LateStubbornVividImageryHintsOmenHassleRollercoasterTwo Roads Author:Danny Denzongpa
“If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby be furnished with able and experienced men, fit to govern.” IfsMenAblePoliticalTurnsPoliticsTermFitRighteousnessCommonwealthTerm Limits Author:Gerrard Winstanley
“Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess. To preserve his freedom of worship, his equality before law, his liberty to speak and act as he sees fit, subject only to provisions that he trespass not upon similar rights of others - a Londoner will fight. So will a citizen of Abilene. When we consider these things, then the valley of the Thames draws closer to the farms of Kansas and the plains of Texas.” MenShouldMeanRealAgeLawTurnsFightingSpeakNationsLibertyRightsSubjectsCitizensFitWorshipDrawsSizeDeterminedTreasurePreservesTexasFarmsValleysProvisionMeasurementFree ManKansasKinshipProximityThamesLondoners Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Pure love is a willingness to give, without a thought of receiving anything in return. Love can save the world from nuclear destruction. Love God: turn to God with receptiveness and responsiveness. Love your fellow human beings: turn to them with friendliness and givingness. Make yourself fit to be called a child of God by living the way of love.” WorldWayGivingHumansChildrenTurnsHuman BeingsLove IsLove YouReturnFitPureDestructionFellowsNuclearGod LoveWillingnessReceivingChild Of GodSave The WorldPure LoveFriendlinessResponsivenessTurn To GodWay Of LoveNuclear Destruction Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“We sabotage our creative possibilities because the world revealed by our imagination may not fit well with the life we have taken so much trouble to construct over the years. Faced with the pain of that distance, the distance between desire and reality, we turn just for a moment and quickly busy ourselves.” WorldYearsWellsMayMomentsRealityPainDesireTurnsImaginationCreativeTakenTroublePossibilityFitDistanceBusyConstructsSabotage Author:David Whyte