“In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.” PeopleSaidHardFactsFilmTurnsMillionsTvsTomorrowOffersProgramAccountsDollarsSeriesLots Of MoneyPackagesMillion DollarsHard ThingsBank Accounts Author:Roone Arledge
“Camp taste turns its back on the good-bad axis of ordinary aesthetic judgment. Camp doesn't reverse things. It doesn't argue that the good is bad, or the bad is good. What it does is to offer for art, and life, a different - a supplementary - set of standards.” DoeArtDifferentTurnsTasteOffersJudgmentStandardsOrdinaryArguingCampsAestheticReverseAxesArt And Life Book:A Susan Sontag reader Source: A Susan Sontag reader
“Begin now, as you read these words, as you sit in your chair, to offer your whole selves, utterly and in joyful abandon, in quiet, glad surrender to Him who is within. In secret ejaculations of praise, turn in humble wonder to the Light, faint though it may be.” MaySelfWholeLightTurnsSecretWonderOffersQuietPraiseHumbleGladSurrenderChairsAbandonJoyfulEjaculation Author:Thomas Raymond Kelly
“Every Day Is for the Thief, by turns funny, mournful, and acerbic, offers a portrait of Nigeria in which anger, perhaps the most natural response to the often lamentable state of affairs there, is somehow muted and deflected by the author's deep engagement with the country: a profoundly disenchanted love. Teju Cole is among the most gifted writers of his generation.” CountryStatesTurnsNaturalGenerationsOffersResponseAffairEngagementThievesGiftedPortraitsNigeriaDisenchantedGifted Writers Author:Salman Rushdie
“Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a character has. If your guts aren't hanging out there, you don't offer anything.” IfsCharacterOrderTurnsActingSecurityOffersDepthGutsHanging Out Author:Morgan Freeman
“The absolutist lays down the law, but the relativist hears only roaring and bawling. Or, when the relativist voice, as it is heard from philosophers such as Nietzsche or James, itself starts to grate and sounds shrill, as it often does, and when the relativist then offers concessions, the absolutist hears only insincerity. The war of words can often turn into a dialogue of the deaf, and this too if part of its power to arouse outrage and fury.” IfsDoeWarLawTurnsSoundVoiceHeardOffersLaysPhilosopherDialogueDeafFuryOutrageRoaringConcessionsInsincerityAbsolutismGrate Book:Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed: A Guide for the Perplexed Source: Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed: A Guide for the Perplexed
“I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...” KnowsMovingTurnsStrongChanceOffersTrialsMoving ForwardBeing TrueI've LearnedWho We AreStand Strong Author:Oprah Winfrey
“In Christ, we become new creatures. His life becomes ours. Take that word 'life' and turn it over and over and press it and try to measure it, and see what it will yield. Eternal life is a magnificent idea which comprises everything the heart can yearn after. Do not your hearts yearn for this life, this blessed and eternal life, which the Son of God so freely offers?” TryingHeartIdeasLife IsTurnsChristSonOffersCreaturesEternalBlessedPressesThis LifeYieldMagnificentEternal Life Author:Mary Slessor
“Doubt always hovers nearby, but I take photographs the way a musician hums. Looking is like breathing. So when luck turns my way and offers me a good picture, joy is surely nigh.” WayJoyTurnsDoubtOffersMusicianLuckPhotographMy WayBreathing Author:Marc Riboud
“I think I probably learned something from almost every gig that I've done, not only because each occurred at a different phase of my development, but because each one had something different to offer. Ideally, you should be able to get something out of everything, positive or negative. And if it's negative, try to turn it into some kind of learning experience.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingKindDifferentDoneAbleTurnsDevelopmentOffersNegativePhasesGigsLearning Experience Author:Vinnie Colaiuta
“The greatest thing about form and convention is that it saves you from having to reinvent the wheel. Now, whether you mount the wheel to a horse carriage or a Formula One racing car, make it plain or give it spinning rims, those are all craft decisions. But the fact of the wheel remains: it will turn if you set it down. That's what I mean about the beauty of the gifts genre can offer.” IfsGivingMeanFactsFormTurnsDecisionCarOffersHorseRemainsCraftsGenreWheelsFormulasRacingConventionsSpinningCarriagesRace CarRimsFormula One Author:Chris Abani
“Amy Sedaris [in the Ghost Team] plays a Miss Cleo-esque character - Miss Cleo just died, so that's kind of timely - but she plays a Miss Cleo-esque TV psychic who's also kind of a bullshit artist. One of the most triumphant character turns in the movie is when she realizes that even though she's a bullshit artist, she does have something to offer. She helps save the day at the end of the movie.” KindDoeEndsPlayCharacterHelpingArtistTurnsRealizingTeamMissingTvsOffersDiedGhostBullshitPsychicsTriumphantAmyTimely Author:David Krumholtz
“Turn down offers for new cards or credit line increases on your current cards. Credit's tight, and chances are, you're not getting many offers anyway. But if you do, remember that the less credit you have available, the less trouble you can get into.” IfsRememberTurnsLinesChanceTroubleOffersIncreaseCurrentsAvailableCreditCardsChances AreNew Car Author:Jean Chatzky
“If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.” IfsEnoughTurnsMillionsStupidOffersDollarsDumbMillion Dollars Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such treatments in earnest.” GovernmentTurnsPayCompanyOffersTreatmentPhysiciansCompelledEarnestPromotingInsurance Companies Author:Andrew Weil
“The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.” MenAgeDiesTurnsCenturyOffersKissingMen And WomenLipsImmortalKiss MeKissing HimRomantic KissLips And KissingJust Kiss MeBest Kiss Author:Guy de Maupassant