Turned Quotes

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Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors. — Philip Warren Anderson
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in… — David Sylvian
Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned… — Richard Widmark
The gift turned inward, unable to be given, becomes a heavy burden, even sometimes a kind of poison. It is as though the flow of… — May Sarton
The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned… — Barry Goldwater
In that moment, I could not write anything about flowers because I myself had turned into a flower, I myself had a stem and a… — Alda Merini
When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest person I'd ever… — Sebastiao Salgado
I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I've never used any drugs for stimulation. I don't use words loosely.… — Saul Bellow
The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. Whoever really has considered the lilies of the field… — Wendell Berry
Good music is wine turned to sound — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
All I ever wanted since I arrived here on Earth were the things that turned out to be within reach. The same things I needed… — Anne Lamott
I do not believe that all books will or should migrate onto screens: as Douglas Adams once pointed out to me, more than 20 years… — Neil Gaiman
I can honestly say that probably 95% of the things I was afraid of, it turned out I had no reason to be. So drop… — Neale Donald Walsch
Photographs may be more memorable than moving images, because they are a neat slice of time, not a flow. Each still photograph is a privileged… — Susan Sontag
The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the… — Warren Buffett
The truth is that it’s not about the weight. It’s never been about the weight. When a pill is discovered that allows people to eat… — Geneen Roth
Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three — Bob Goff
Dark money has turned our elections into auctions — Fred DuVal
Everything begins with a thought, and thoughts are turned into plans, and plans into reality. — Marshall Sylver
Just know that I was once considered just a dreamer... Then I paid my dues and turned so many doubters to believers... — Big KRIT
Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict. — Oswald Chambers
In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour. In a wholesome spiritual life there is no room for criticism. The critical faculty is an… — Oswald Chambers
Your sorrow itself shall be turned into joy. Not the sorrow to be taken away, and joy to be put in its place, but the… — Charles Spurgeon
It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish to please men,… — Gregory of Nyssa
...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight which was ours… — Gregory Palamas

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