#turning

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#am #babies #despite #drawbacks #having

Of all celestial bodies within reach or view, as far as we can see, out to the edge, the most wonderful and marvellous and mysterious is turning out to be our own planet earth. There is nothing to match it anywhere, not yet anyway. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#anywhere #as far as #bodies #celestial #earth

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the act of reading. I think that phenomenon just creates readers. At first they're going to love 'Harry Potter,' or they may love 'The Hunger Games,' but after that, they're going to love the act of reading and wonder, 'What else can I read?' ↗

— Gary Ross

#after #creates #else #first #games

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration". ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computing #definition #frustration #into #living

From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#among #between #dime #extremely #funny

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there! ↗

— Camille Pissarro

#always #canvas #fear #finding #had

I've become really good at turning down the boring, pretty girl roles, the trophy wife, supermodel, beautiful girlfriend roles. I mean, playing somebody who's perfect holds no allure for me, whatsoever. It's just boring. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#beautiful #become #boring #down #girl

My life is one long curve, full of turning points. ↗

— Pierre Trudeau

#full #life #long #my life #points

British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.' ↗

— James Purefoy

#british #british actors #cut #good #large