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What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me… — Nathan Fillion
What is impossible to see from the viewpoint of those who believe in cures is that the very symptoms the good doctors have suppressed and… — Philip K. Chapman
Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. — Alice Walker
Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow
This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and… — Oliver Goldsmith
When I finally went to school I had to adjust to other girls and learn their fiendish ways. Having learnt them, I turned them on… — Margaret Atwood
Nixon had three goals: to win by the biggest electoral landslide in history; to be remembered as a peacemaker; and to be accepted by the… — Henry A. Kissinger
The widespread belief that Yuppies as a class would perish from Brie-cheese poisoning turned out to be over-optimistic. — Alfred Adler
The coach has turned into a pumpkin and the mice have all run away. — Lady Bird Johnson
The creditors are proving impossible to deal with and short of a sudden appearance on the scene of wealthy art patrons, we are going to… — Claude Monet
A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life. — Charlotte Bronte
A job is not a career. I think I started out with a job. It turned into a career and changed my life. — Barbara Walters
In order to make progress, there is only nature, and the eye is turned through contact with her. — Paul Cezanne
In times of war and in hours of crisis, Senator Kerry has turned his back on 'pay any price' and 'bear any burden', and he's… — George W. Bush
I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my picture is my… — William Hogarth
The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,/ set the clouds/ to one great roof of flame/ above the earth. — Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
I'd love to have been born into a wealthy family. I might have turned out even more marvellous than I am now... — John Lydon
If I could get the ear of every young man but for one word, it would be this: make the most and best of yourself.… — Thornton T. Munger
In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several… — Anna Louise Strong
I'm sick of being accused of gold-digging. It just so happens I get turned on by liver spots. — Anna Nicole Smith
The art establishment has turned away from the old curriculum which puts beauty and craft at the top of the agenda. — Roger Scruton
Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform. — Susan Cain
I haven't turned into an absolute geek who doesn't like doing fun things. — Kevin Pietersen
I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that." It's got to… — Karl Urban
When I turned 36 I realised - the likelihood is that in four years time I'll be 40. — Shane Warne

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