“To make it more familiar to me, I ended up treating my swordplay scenes like choreography. So it was, 'One and two and three and four and five, and turn and step and down and up and lunge.” TwoTurnsThreeStepsFiveFourSceneDown AndFamiliarChoreography Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones
“A word of advice: If you get the choice between the upper and lower bunks in a cell, choose the lower. Prisons do not turn off their lights at night, and I spent a sleepless night, without a mattress, with a five-hundred-watt bulb shining directly into my eyes.” IfsLightEyeNightTurnsChoicesFiveAdviceHundredPrisonShiningCellsTurn OffBulbsMattressesSleepless NightsBunkWords Of Advice Author:William Powell
“I would say my being disheartened has more to do with American culture than anything else. We are becoming a very shallow culture. My goodness, the celebrity ethos has taken over completely. Turn on the television and you see that over and over. There's very little substance. And so, everything gets shorter. Everything is entertainment oriented. Our churches reflect that. A thirty-five minute sermon without a Power Point or video clips is rare these days. That's not true in other countries so much.” LittlesCountryTurnsCultureChurchTakenFiveMinutesTelevisionBecomingGoodnessEntertainmentVideoThese DaysSubstanceThirtyOther CountriesShallowSermonsFive MinutesAmerican CultureTurn-onEthosClipDisheartenedVideo Clips Author:Philip Yancey
“If it could save a person's life, could you find a way to save ten seconds off the boot time? If there were five million people using the Mac, and it took ten seconds extra to turn it on every day, that added up to three hundred million or so hours per year people would save, which was the equivalent of at least one hundred lifetimes saved per year.” PeopleIfsWayYearsPersonsTurnsThreeHoursMillionsFiveTenHundredLifetimeSavedExtrasSecondsBootsMacs Author:Steve Jobs
“Don't let your present problems defeat you. The Chinese have a saying that if you live with a disaster for three years it will turn into a blessing. Look back in your own life at what appeared to be a devastating situation five or ten years ago. Many of those situations were the turning point that caused a number of great things to happen in your future. Regardless of what happens today, realize it is the beginning of something good.” IfsYearsLooksProblemHappensTodayTurnsThreeRealizingNumbersSituationFiveBlessingTenYears AgoDefeatDisasterGreat ThingsChineseOur FutureThree YearsEncouragingYour FutureTurning Points Author:Bob Proctor
“In USA, a black man only have like five years we can exhibit maximum strength, and that's right now while you a teenager, while you still strong, while you still wanna lift weights, while you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30, it's like they take the heart and soul out of a man, out of a black man, in this country. And you don't wanna fight no more.” MenYearsHeartStillsSoulCountryTurnsFightingStrongCausesBlackFiveRight NowWeightTeenagerLiftsUsaFive YearsMaximumHeart And SoulExhibits Author:Tupac Shakur
“The U.S. has more guns per capita and supplies more guns to the world than any other country. What would be a fistfight without guns turns into dead bodies with them. Families with guns in the house are more likely to shoot themselves accidentally than to shoot any intruder. Women abused by their partners have a five-fold increased risk of being killed when their partner owns a gun. Every three hours, at least one child is wounded or killed by gunfire.” WorldChildrenCountryBodyWould BeTurnsThreeHouseHoursFiveRiskGunPartnersOther CountriesWoundedFoldsSuppliesIntruders Author:Gloria Steinem
“Going from crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.” YearsBelieveHardReasonHappensTurnsI BelieveLaughingFiveOur LivesAliveCryPleaseExtremesReason Why Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.” PeopleShouldStoriesChristianSpiritTurnsHoursPrayerSituationFiveMinutesHolyDawnHoly SpiritFive MinutesRevivalRenaissanceReformationGloomDarkest Hour Author:Os Guinness
“Coincidentally, a good age for a Japanese girl is younger than twenty five, because that's when she turns into a 'Christmas Cake'. Christmas cakes, as everyone knows, are desirable before the twenty fifth but afterward quickly become stale and are put on the shelf.” KnowsAgeTurnsGirlFiveTwentiesCakeShelvesDesirableFifthTwenty FiveStale Book:The Gargoyle Source: The Gargoyle