Turning Quotes

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The moment youâ€™ve uttered the exact dimensionality of your exile, youâ€™re already turning towards home. — David Whyte
Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits. — Thomas Browne
Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from them. Turning down his mother's breast does not… — Andre Gide
To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The surrender of decision,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned… — Benjamin Franklin
There is far too much talk of love and grief benumbing the faculties, turning the hair gray, and destroying a man's interest in his work.… — William McFee
I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice… — Geraldine Ferraro
Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows. — William J. Clinton
... people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are. — Larry McMurtry
Against the sustained tick of a watch, fiction takes the measure of a life, a season, a look exchanged, the turning point, desire as brief… — Mavis Gallant
I saw sorrow turning into clarity. — Yoko Ono
Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever. — Herodotus
And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny. — Roseanne Barr
I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline. — Ernest Gaines
Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the… — Elizabeth Hardwick
Mother is the first word that occurs to politicians and columnists and popes when they raise the question, 'Why isn't life turning out the way… — Mary Blakely
The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate's career. He can either… — Paul Theroux
I went to work. That was a turning point. When you have to do eight shows a week and your name is on the marquee,… — Marla Maples
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes -… — Natalia Makarova
It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy… — Thom Mayne

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