Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.
The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
We are the laws of chemistry and physics as they have played out here on Earth, and we are now learning that planets are as common as stars. Most stars, as it turns out now, will have planets.
I have three living children for whom this is a father who I want them to love and on whom they're going to have to rely if my disease takes a bad turn.
Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
When I was very small, the electricity was turned off because we didn't pay the bill. I remember sitting by the oil lamp listening to my mother playing 'Careless Love' on the piano.
The mind can start to work in your favor or against you at any given time. It's a matter of turning your thoughts and beliefs around.
No matter how high you climb, there will always be a room for you to turn your creativity and productivity up some notches.
One of the best things that you could ever do for your life, is to follow your passion, turn it into a dream, and introduce it to the light of reality.
If you fail to take positive charge of your life, your negative experiences wouldn't hesitate to turn your mind into their playground.
With the right mindset, you can turn a painful downfall into a setup for a great success story.
Vow not to remain stagnant in life. We all have weaknesses in our various lives, but they are not permanent as long as we keep on identifying them and turning them into strengths.
Don't allow the evil ways of the world to turn you evil, because an evil mind and a peaceful life can never coexist together.
Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof.
The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.
If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.
It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know.
