#turns

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#down #editor #every #however #just

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#i #inward #ivory #just #live

To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#animal #crushes #dignity #even #foot

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy. ↗

— Alec Baldwin

#everything #manure #policy #public #public policy

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#day #down #each #earth #go

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#daily work #dead #effort #enthusiasm #even

I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, 'How'd you like to be on TV?' Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a 'Ready, Set, Cook' with Emeril Lagasse, I believe. ↗

— Mario Batali

#bow #came #come #cook #did

The IRS is currently considering a rule that would make it easier for tax preparers to disclose the private information contained in tax returns - including name, address, Social Security number, employer, income, and charitable donations. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#charitable #considering #contained #currently #disclose

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. ↗

— Melody Beattie

#chaos #clarity #confusion #denial #enough

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#enough #every #into #live #long