Turned Quotes

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I turned down Prince William's invitation for me to sing at his birthday bash because he was spearing animals in Africa and bringing publicity to… — Unknown Author
I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the air if turned… — Leonardo da Vinci
The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the drive for power… — John Ralston Saul
For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands to… — Victor Davis Hanson
I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies. — Clive Anderson
I went to a public high school that had a very small graduating class of 156 students. I lived a relatively normal childhood until I… — Jesse McCartney
India then being four-sided in plan, the side which looks to the Orient and that to the South, the Great Sea compasseth; that towards the… — Unknown Author
Money must exist before it can be turned into capital. — David Harvey
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency. — Wendell Phillips
People have been turned away from hospitals simply because they have no insurance. People have been put out of hospitals because they have reached the… — Sheila Jackson Lee
Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath dismantles the argument… — Francis Collins
I didn't mean to be a TV presenter, I just hated modeling. It feels very odd that it's turned into this 'It-girl' thing. What does… — Alexa Chung
Software touches all of these different things you use, and tech companies are revolutionizing all different areas of the world...from how we shop to how… — Drew Houston
In the pale light of daybreak the gravestones looked like so many white sails of boats anchored in a busy harbor. They were sails that… — Yukio Mishima
Women smirk at baldness. How adorable would they find it if they began to lose their breasts in their late twenties? If both tits just… — Augusten Burroughs
The nature of a breakthrough is for you to stand on what you've gotten, what you've loved, what's been important to you, what's touched you,… — Werner Erhard
If there is one lesson that I have learned during my life as an analyst, it is the lesson that what my patients tell me… — Heinz Kohut
You know you're a success when you look at your kids and realize they turned out better than you. — Joe Biden
The quality of the Lord's church on earth, cannot be seen by any man, so long as he lives in the world, still less how… — Emanuel Swedenborg
I was very frightened when I turned forty. I suddenly thought I ought to wake up and be speaking with the voice of God. — Jane Rule
Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity. — Barry Goldwater
Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place. The encounter with Christ does not take place before,… — Henri Nouwen
I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game… — Garth Brooks
There's never been a civilization, ever in history, that has embraced homosexuality and turned away from traditional fidelity and traditional marriage, traditional child rearing, and… — Pat Roberts
For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears… — Lucretius

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