#son

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. ↗

— Mark Twain

#over #person #read #who #won

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#almighty god #comes #down #equal #every

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#belongs #end #freedom #goodness #hurry

I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#am #ambitious #any #australia #careful

Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person. ↗

— Ike Turner

#because #either #good #good person #i

They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money. ↗

— Ike Turner

#bad #boy #cool #drink #get

I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting. ↗

— Janine Turner

#applied #i #never #poetry #songwriting

If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#been #believed #carry #could #ego

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#about #antics #choice #decisions #government

I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again. Find one lost sheep. The angels rejoice. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #cynicism #dating #faith #glass-girl