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When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. — Tom Verlaine
That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from the South. They… — Isabel Wilkerson
I didn't write much until I turned 40. Up until then I felt constrained by a sense of the discipline of New Testament studies and… — N. T. Wright
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I… — Cecily von Ziegesar
The judge turned his back towards me, sitting back on his judge's chair, while I was in the witness stand being questioned. The whole courtroom… — Ernst Zundel
We have learned so well how to absorb novelty that receptivity itself has turned into a kind of tradition- "the tradition of the new." Yesterdays… — Richard Hofstadter
In the beginning, before the arrival of the white men, I had considered myself neutral. I had wanted neither side to win, neither the army… — V.S. Naipaul
I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar. — Pat Paulsen
The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just knew it from the beginning. From… — Pat Paulsen
Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first! — Anne McCaffrey
The grey paintings, for example, a painted grey surface, completely monochromatic - they come from a motivation, or result from a state, that was very… — Gerhard Richter
The captain has just turned on the fasten-seat-belt-sign. He didn't mean to, but the joint he was smoking fell in his lap, and when he… — George Carlin
In acute diseases the physician must conduct his inquiries in the following way. First he must examine the face of the patient, and see whether… — Hippocrates
[Thomas Henry] Huxley is a very genial, comfortable being-yet with none of the noisy and windy geniality of some folks here, whom you find with… — Henry James
To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths… — Thomas Huxley
When we hold a photo negative up to the light all objects are reversed. Black is white, white is black. Moreover, the character lines of… — Catherine Marshall
All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand. But you turned into a lover, and mother what a lover, you wore me… — Rod Stewart
I made a vow that I would never need another person ever. Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage. — Madonna Ciccone
They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays. — Ben Harper
I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not… — Paul Auster
Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I… — Ranulph Fiennes
I've never turned down an autograph request. I've never not taken a picture with someone. — George Hamilton
The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist. — Todd Rundgren
Sometimes I think with the telephone that if I concentrate enough I could pour myself into it and I'd be turned into a mist and… — Nicholson Baker
I never regretted what I turned down. — Angela Lansbury

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