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France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina. — Wilfred Burchett
The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade in order to… — Lawrence Klein
Denunciations of the manipulativeness of advertisers can unfortunately all too easily be turned on their heads into denunciations of the gullibility of consumers. Both are… — J M Coetzee
There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority i just use… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
When I turned 18, I skipped my party to take my girlfriend on a road trip. It turned out to be an amazing birthday. — Josh Hartnett
I am persuaded that the world has been tricked into adopting some false and most pernicious notions about consistency - and to such a degree… — Mark Twain
But think that we Are but turned aside to sleep. — John Donne
We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were… — Michael Stipe
The men began to trade tales of atrocities, first stories they had heard, then those they'd witnessed, and finally the things that had happened to… — Toni Morrison
Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned… — Jean Paul
This phantom world gave you false signs But you turned from the illusion and journeyed to the land of truth. — Unknown Author
And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I… — Barbara Mandrell
Do you know what love is? It is the most beautiful, comprehensive, divine, pranic energy given to you by God, which you should have experienced.… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Cripple God, who always desires more than he's able to have, and doesn't always realize this to begin with. Who has built clocks, but not… — Stanislaw Lem
I took my mother's knife and played johnny johnny johnny on the playhouse floor. I was drunk, stabbed myself every few throws. I held my… — Janet Fitch
I turned off the talking politicos. Too much jabbering at each other. Not enough care about humans. — Leonard Nimoy
His mother and father were agnostics, and Jim respected devout Christians in the same way that he respected people who were members of the Graf… — J. G. Ballard
An unspoiled river is a very rare thing in this Nation today. Their flow and vitality have been harnessed by dams and too often they… — Lyndon B. Johnson
It should not be taken in a hot climate. If you are in a place that is cool and peaceful, and you are alone and… — Neem Karoli Baba
Unless we lay our course in accordance with this principle, the great power for good in the world with which we have been intrusted by… — Calvin Coolidge
It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking the riddles of… — Thomas Kuhn
During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that they rose… — James Keller
In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular:… — William Strunk, Jr.
The internal conditions in Iran are worsening in all aspects. Poverty and unemployment are becoming more severe, despite the fact that Iran has turned into… — Moshe Katsav
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves. — Aesop

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