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“These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell.”

Littles Turns Heaven Hell Fate Shadow Casts Ships Unconscious Slips Trifles Rudders Heaven Or Hell

Book:Life in the Iron-Mills

Source: Life in the Iron-Mills

“I thought that, given the system of rewards central to our economic system, in which profit maximization is valued above all else and specifically above life, it is probably just as irresistible to the owners of capital (human or otherwise) to exploit workers (and the land): "Nothing personal," they say as they load their property onto the ship bound for the Middle Passage, "but a man's gotta turn a dime."”

Source: The Culture of Make Believe

“I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it's about, or what you think it's about at that time at least. Then you commit to it, and once you've commit to it no matter what, no matter how many self doubts you have, you're in it. The ship's sailed, you can't turn around.”

Ifs Thinking Ideas Self Matter Turns Doubt Projects No Matter What Commit Ships Self-doubt

Author:Spike Jonze

“If you want to sail your ship in a different direction, you must turn one degree at a time.”

Ifs Want Different Turns Degrees Ships Sail Different Directions

Author:Brian Tracy

“I haven't a clue about the biology or the psychology involved when a person dissolves into tears, but it is quite fascinating to note what turns them on. There are wives who can cascade over a late husband or a burned dinner, and equally pour tears of joy over a new bonnet or a renovated bathroom.... A while ago I took a ship back from Europe. Amid the tumbling confetti ... I found myself misty-eyed watching a young lady waving a tearful farewell to her boyfriend on the dock. I couldn't figure out if I was crying at her plight, or in delight that he wasn't coming along with us.”

“As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.”

Men Giving Turns Advantage Ships Foe

Book:White-jacket: or, The world in a man-of-war

Source: White-jacket: or, The world in a man-of-war

“On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty; and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it.”

Ifs Knows Needs May Joy Turns Society Land Source Drink Travel Ships Boards Ashamed Awkward Sixty Flirting Gloves Soda Brandy

Book:John Caldigate: Trollope's Works

Source: John Caldigate: Trollope's Works