Turned Quotes

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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. — Phillips Brooks
The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the… — Louise Brown
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held… — Robert Browning
As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never… — Julie Burchill
In my third husband I had discovered a blissfully laid-back type who thought it nothing less than hilarious when I misread the map on the… — Julie Burchill
The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their… — Martin Van Buren
In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too… — Nolan Bushnell
Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law… — Robert Byrd
My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to… — James Caan
I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions. — Taylor Caldwell
The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new thinking as heresy. In its… — David Cameron
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into… — Joseph Campbell
I remember my wife wanted me to go see 'Contagion,' and I was like, 'Oh my God, why would I want to see that movie?'… — Steve Carell
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. — John le Carre
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. — Muhammad Ali
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. — Raymond Chandler
When George Bush asked me to sign on, it obviously wasn't because he was worried about carrying Wyoming. We got 70 percent of the vote… — Dick Cheney
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. — Eric Clapton
Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave. — Emile M. Cioran
I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part. — Tom Clancy

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