“I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn't an option for me.” YearsBookCharacterWantedTurnsRightsTvsSeriesRequestTurned DownTv Series Author:Louise Penny
“God does not make us holy in the sense of character; He makes us holy in the sense of innocence, and we have to turn that innocence into holy character by a series of moral choices.” DoeCharacterTurnsChoicesMoralHolySeriesInnocenceMoral Choices Book:My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition
“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
“It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small matters over a period of years. But the catch is that you can never know when a seemingly small decision may prove to be, from the vantage of later years, the big decision of your life.” KnowsYearsHumansMaySaidMatterBigsTurnsDecisionResultsCareersPeriodsProveSeriesHingesBig DecisionsLife DecisionSmall Decisions Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“Before seeing Truffaut 's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I generally try to avoid I'm just not good enough to go to them. But this series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity a poetic comedy that's really funny.” TryingChildrenEnoughFilmTurnsNaturalSimpleComedySeeingChildhoodSeriesResilienceThemePoeticGood EnoughNot Good EnoughRaritySmall Changes Book:When the lights go down Source: When the lights go down
“I could make Basic Instinct 16. If guys will keep thinking I'm hot, I might turn it into a TV series.” IfsThinkingMightGuyTurnsTvsHotSeriesInstinctTv Series Author:Sharon Stone
“These detective series on TV always end at precisely the right moment-after the criminal is arrested and before the court turns him loose.” EndsMomentsTurnsCrimeTvsCourtSeriesCriminalsPunishmentDetectivesArrestedRight Moment Author:Robert Orben
“The early days of any relationship are punctuated with a series of firsts - first sight, first words, first laugh, first kiss, first nudity, etc., with these shared landmarks becoming more widely spaced and innocuous as days turn to years, until eventually you're left with first visit to a National Trust property or some such.” YearsFirstsTurnsLeftLaughingBecomingKissingSightPropertySeriesEtcBecoming MoreNudityFirst KissLandmarks Book:Us Source: Us