#turning

You know, they were returning to the language of the people and trying to use musical language, particularly as Copland did to create a musical language in which all Americans would feel that they had a stake. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#copland #create #did #feel #had

Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to self-sufficiency. Without repentance, a look at Christ provides only the illusion of comfort. ↗

— Larry Crabb

#christ #comfort #repentance #self #sufficiency

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#gonna #long #make #mistakes #spinning

Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#been #easy #faucet #hard #just

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#before #boy #dog #down #importance

I love turning my daughter on to old movies. ↗

— Susie Bright

#i #i love #love #movies #old

Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to turn back pages; it was a path on which, whatever direction we took, we'd never be able to choose our own destiny. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#cruel-lesson #direction #past #path #turning-back-the-pages

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#any #cheek #credit #deserve #i

At one point, my house was a school for autistic children. I opened up my doors to about 30 kids and their families at the time. I was turning into Mary Poppins because I had to do something for these kids who have nowhere to go. So my house was the school for two years. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#autistic #autistic children #because #children #doors

The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track. ↗

— Edwin Moses

#competing #decided #having #i #important