Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in the Extrovert Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform.
I used to want you so bad, I'm so through with that because honestly you turned out to be the best thing I never had!
California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort.
This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance. It was done by dogma. It was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how they behave.
If you're turned away from one road, there's always another--filled with risk but also adventure. Roads less taken are always the most rewarding ones.
You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.
I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.
Each of us by our daily acts of peace and our commitment to building a better world can inspire others and help create a groundswell for peace too powerful to be turned aside.
There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.
It's unfortunate that the country of immigrants has turned its back on immigrants. The atmosphere after 911 is toxic.
I so rarely turned down a role, that I can't say I have any regrets in that regard. There were many roles that I would rather not have done, but having a home and family requires that we sometimes do things we would rather not.
These patients have turned away from outer reality; it is for this reason that they are more aware than we of inner reality and can reveal to us things which without them would remain impenetrable.
When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought to bear on a supreme challenge, and with his unshakable optimism, his heroic vision, and above all, his splendid speeches, Churchill roused the spirit of the British people.
Your shower is ready - I turned it on last night.
My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.
I was the one with the open wound, and the river waters turned red when I bathed in them. My sadness is greater than the heavens.
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures.
I never regretted what I turned down.
Andrius, I'm. . . scared. " He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.
Although I am a person who expected to be rooted in one spot forever, as it has turned out I love having the memories of living in many places.